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In the acclaimed writer of Struck the Concentrate on and Big Week, an in-depth accounts of the legendary World War II combat group the Flying Tigers. In 1940 Pearl Harbor hadn't yet took place, and America was not yet at battle with Japan. But China have been trying to stave off Japanese hostility for 3 years - and was desperate for plane and trained combat pilots. Basic Chiang Kai-shek delivered military aviation advisor Claire Chennault to Washington, where President Roosevelt was sympathetic but understood he could not intervene overtly. Instead he silently helped Chennault put together several North american volunteer pilots. This was how the 1st North american Volunteer Group - additionally known as the Flying Tigers - was born. With the trademark smiling shark jaws on their P-40 fighters, these army, navy, and marine pilots became a experience as they fought for the Chinese. Those who at first doubted them were eventually in awe as they persevered over Rangoon despite being outnumbered 14-1 by Japanese plane; as these were explained by Madame Chiang Kai-shek as her "little angels" and by a Chinese international minister as "the soundest investment China available"; and as they ultimately demolished hundreds of Japanese planes while burning off only a dozen of their own in combat. Two of their veterans would later earn the Medal of Honor, and as an organization the Flying Tigers managed to rack up a better record than every other air wing in the Pacific Movie theater. When Tigers Ruled the Sky is a thrilling and triumphant accounts of these courage and their legacy.
