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    World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
    World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
    World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
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    World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure

    By Michael Burgan

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    Air raid! The world’s great powers are at war again. This is the Second World War, but it is history’s first war in which airplanes play a major role. You want to fly and you want to fight. Will you: Fly with the Royal Air Force as a British pilot and fight in the Battle of Britain? Dogfight as an American fighter pilot over the Pacific Ocean? Join the Tuskegee Airmen and be one of the first African-American aviators in the U.S. military?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJun 1, 2013
    ISBN9781476542331
    World War II Pilots: An Interactive History Adventure
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    Michael Burgan

    Michael Burgan has written numerous books for children and young adults during his nearly 20 years as a freelance writer. Many of his books have focused on U.S. history, geography, and the lives of world leaders. Michael has won several awards for his writing, and his graphic novel version of the classic tale Frankenstein (Stone Arch Books) was a Junior Library Guild selection.  Michael graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor’s degree in history. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his cat, Callie.

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      World War II Pilots - Michael Burgan

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Cover

      Title Page

      About Your Adventure

      Chapter 1: Warfare in the Skies

      Chapter 2: The Battle of Britain

      Chapter 3: Flying in the Pacific

      Chapter 4: The Tuskegee Airmen

      Chapter 5: Bravery in the Air

      Timeline

      Other Paths to Explore

      Read More

      Glossary

      Bibliography

      Copyright

      Back Cover

      For the best You Choose experience,

      view in portrait (vertical) orientation.

      ABOUT YOUR ADVENTURE

      YOU are living through World War II. It’s the early 1940s and airplanes, including bombers and fighters, are playing a major role in battle. You want to join the fight.

      In this book you’ll explore how the choices people made meant the difference between life and death. The events you’ll experience happened to real people.

      Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page as you read the stories. The decisions you make will change your outcome. After you finish one path, go back and read the others for new perspectives and more adventures. Use your device's back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice.

      YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

      CHAPTER 1

      Warfare in the Skies

      World War II started in 1939 and involves dozens of countries. The war’s roots are deep, going back to the end of World War I in 1918.

      In World War I the winning countries called themselves the Allies. They blamed Germany for starting the war and wanted to punish it afterward. Germany had to give up some of its land and its military. The Allies, particularly France and Great Britain, also demanded that Germany pay for the damage it caused during the war.

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      Through the 1920s Germany became angry over this treatment. In 1933 a new leader came to power in Germany—Adolf Hitler. He promised to make Germany a strong, powerful nation again. He also wanted to punish people he thought had weakened Germany. This included the country’s Jewish citizens. He and his Nazi Party took away Jews’ legal rights and sent them to prison camps.

      Through the 1930s Germany secretly strengthened its military—including building a huge new air force. Then, starting in 1936, Hitler sent troops into parts of Europe where Germans lived, claiming the land for his country. Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 marked the beginning of World War II.

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      German soldiers marched in a victory parade after the invasion of Poland.

      Italy, which became a partner of Germany, also wanted to spread its control. Italian leader Benito Mussolini sent troops into part of North Africa. In Asia, Japan was making a similar grab for new land. The Japanese, like the Germans and Italians, thought they had the right to rule other countries.

      By 1939 military planners around the world saw airplanes as a key weapon. Planes were used to bring troops into battle as well as attack enemy forces. And the development of aircraft carriers—ships that carry aircraft—meant planes could carry out attacks far in the ocean.

      On December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The planes killed more than 2,000 Americans. The

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