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Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers. First rate American pilots who in search of adventure went to help the Chinese break Japanese air superiority. Under the command of Claire Lee Chennault they were one of the first to strike back against Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor. On Christmas day 1941 Bill Reed took part in a major battle that was to mark the change of tide in the domination of the air over Burma and China.
To hear more of Major General Fred Chiao's story you can see an interview with him here
https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/4475
Also to find out more about this incident and others, the book The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner is an excellent read.
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published: 20 Nov 2020
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The Flying Tigers - Incredible Full Documentary - America's Greatest Pilots of World War II
This video is a full documentary on the American Volunteer Group, or the Flying Tigers - some of America's greatest pilots of World War II. These brave pilots flew P-40 fighters over China and defended a foreign nation from the invading Japanese. This was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series and War Thunder. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe.
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published: 17 Jul 2021
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FLYING TIGERS | Full Documentary & Legacy Episode | WW2 History Documentary | P-40 Warhawk
The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY Plus THE LEGACY Episode (4/4). Narrated by Gary Sinise.
Missions that changed the war series.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to d...
published: 11 Jun 2022
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Emotions run high as 'Flying Tigers' delegation visits Southwest China’s Kunming
For more:
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During World War II, a group of US aviators came to China to join the battle against Japanese fascists. They were known as the "Flying Tigers. " Earlier this week, veterans and the families of deceased war heroes visited Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Some were deeply impressed and touched by the experience.
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published: 05 Nov 2023
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Flying Tigers Go Head-to-Head with the Japanese | Biggest Battles of WWII
The Flying Tigers of WWII were comprised of the United States Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps, and fought to defeat the enemy at any cost, in this clip from Season 1, "Flying Tigers."
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published: 07 Nov 2021
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The Flying Tigers - America's Private Air Force
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Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felton
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published: 30 Aug 2021
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FLYING TIGERS: WW2 Missions That Changed The War | Curtiss P-40 WarHawk | Full Documentary
MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR: The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY
Narrated by Gary Sinise.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to defend China. Tex Hill resigns his Navy...
published: 10 May 2022
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Chronicles of Courage: Flying Tigers
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 launches America into World War II. Just weeks after the attack, a small group of American volunteer pilots known as the Flying Tigers use their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks to score some of the first U.S. victories against the Japanese in China. Pilot Tex Hill is one of the squadron leaders. “Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and Innovation” is a co-production of Vulcan Productions and NBC News Learn.
published: 03 May 2020
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RHS Symphonic Band - Flying Tigers
Ringgold High School Symphonic Band
Flying Tigers - David Shaffer
Director - Robin Christian
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published: 21 Mar 2016
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Mystery of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, March 16, 1962
On March 16. 1962, a Lockheed Super Constellation carrying 107 passengers and crew, including 93 soldiers of the US Army, disappeared without a trace. It is an enduring and unexplained mystery of the Vietnam era.
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published: 12 Jan 2024
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Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers. First rate American pilots who in search of adventure went to help the Chinese break Japanese air superiority. Under the command of Claire L...
The Flying Tigers. First rate American pilots who in search of adventure went to help the Chinese break Japanese air superiority. Under the command of Claire Lee Chennault they were one of the first to strike back against Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor. On Christmas day 1941 Bill Reed took part in a major battle that was to mark the change of tide in the domination of the air over Burma and China.
To hear more of Major General Fred Chiao's story you can see an interview with him here
https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/4475
Also to find out more about this incident and others, the book The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner is an excellent read.
Please support us on Patreon so we can make more videos like this. https://www.patreon.com/yarnhub
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The Flying Tigers. First rate American pilots who in search of adventure went to help the Chinese break Japanese air superiority. Under the command of Claire Lee Chennault they were one of the first to strike back against Japan after the attack at Pearl Harbor. On Christmas day 1941 Bill Reed took part in a major battle that was to mark the change of tide in the domination of the air over Burma and China.
To hear more of Major General Fred Chiao's story you can see an interview with him here
https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/4475
Also to find out more about this incident and others, the book The Flying Tigers by Sam Kleiner is an excellent read.
Please support us on Patreon so we can make more videos like this. https://www.patreon.com/yarnhub
- published: 20 Nov 2020
- views: 1020651
18:37
The Flying Tigers - Incredible Full Documentary - America's Greatest Pilots of World War II
This video is a full documentary on the American Volunteer Group, or the Flying Tigers - some of America's greatest pilots of World War II. These brave pilots f...
This video is a full documentary on the American Volunteer Group, or the Flying Tigers - some of America's greatest pilots of World War II. These brave pilots flew P-40 fighters over China and defended a foreign nation from the invading Japanese. This was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series and War Thunder. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe.
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This video is a full documentary on the American Volunteer Group, or the Flying Tigers - some of America's greatest pilots of World War II. These brave pilots flew P-40 fighters over China and defended a foreign nation from the invading Japanese. This was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series and War Thunder. Hope you enjoy! Please like, comment, and subscribe.
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- published: 17 Jul 2021
- views: 109275
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FLYING TIGERS | Full Documentary & Legacy Episode | WW2 History Documentary | P-40 Warhawk
The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY Plus THE LEGACY Episode (4/4). Narrated by Gary Sinise.
Missions that changed the war series.
The American volunteer flyers w...
The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY Plus THE LEGACY Episode (4/4). Narrated by Gary Sinise.
Missions that changed the war series.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to defend China. Tex Hill resigns from his Navy Commission and volunteers.
a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II.
Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.
They were called the American Volunteer Group and later became known as the Flying Tigers. Though only in combat for less than seven months, the group became famous at the time for its ability to inflict outsize damage on Japan's better-equipped and larger aircraft fleet.
Their victories came when Japan seemed unstoppable. The AVG was a bright spot in history when everything was bleak and black, and they have received a lot of recognition for that.
In the West, 1939 is considered the start of World War II. But in Asia, China and Japan had been at war since 1937.
China was already fighting its own civil war between the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek and Communist forces. The two sides came to a truce to fight against the Japanese. China, however, had little air power to fend off Japanese bombings.
Enter Claire Lee Chennault, a U.S. Army aviator, instructor, and tactician, once described by Time magazine as "lean, hard-bitten, taciturn." Health problems and disputes with his superiors pushed him to retire from his position with the Army Air Corps in 1937, at age 43.
But he quickly got a lucrative job offer with the Chinese Air Force, which was operating under Chiang's Nationalist government. Chennault was asked to come to survey the readiness of its fleet.
"Chiang Kai-shek thought he had 500 airplanes," says Nell Chennault Calloway, who is Chennault's granddaughter and CEO of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum in Monroe, La. "Chennault said, 'You have 500, but you only have 91 that fly.' That's how far behind they were in aviation."
Once the war with Japan officially broke out that summer, China hired Chennault as an adviser to its air force. He became its de facto commander.
Claire Lee Chennault first went to China to survey the Chinese Air Force's readiness and stayed on to lead the creation of the American Volunteer Group.
Fox Photos/Getty Images
By 1940, after losing backing from the Soviets, China desperately needed more planes. At the time, the U.S. was not officially part of World War II. But President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was concerned about the prospect of Japan defeating China and turning its sights on the U.S.
Chennault traveled back to the U.S., pulling what strings he could to get planes. With the help of T.V. Soong, a Chinese official who was also Chiang's brother-in-law, a deal was worked out to allow China to buy 100 American-made Curtiss P-40 fighter planes.
"He managed to get Roosevelt to allow some of our military pilots — that was the original AVG — to resign their commissions in the U.S. military and go to China as mercenaries, basically, because it was against the international rules for any American military personnel to be involved in the conflict over there,".
It was neither the first time, not the last, when brave Americans have fought for the freedom of other peoples. It was Jefferson’s US Navy that took on and ultimately routed the Libyan pirates wreaking havoc on Mediterranean shipping in the early 1800s. It was US forces that tipped the balance in two World Wars, and it was a US-led coalition that liberated Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm. What was different about the Flying Tigers was that they were volunteers, fighting an enemy superior in numbers and equipment.
The Flying Tigers received many honours American and Chinese. About to celebrate their 50th reunion in 1992, they were retroactively recognized as members of the U.S. military services during the seven months in combat against the Japanese. Their team was then awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for "professionalism, dedication to duty, and extraordinary heroism." And in 1996 their pilots received the Distinguished Flying Cross and their ground crew were all awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
#Flyingtigers #veterans #WW2
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The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY Plus THE LEGACY Episode (4/4). Narrated by Gary Sinise.
Missions that changed the war series.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to defend China. Tex Hill resigns from his Navy Commission and volunteers.
a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II.
Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.
They were called the American Volunteer Group and later became known as the Flying Tigers. Though only in combat for less than seven months, the group became famous at the time for its ability to inflict outsize damage on Japan's better-equipped and larger aircraft fleet.
Their victories came when Japan seemed unstoppable. The AVG was a bright spot in history when everything was bleak and black, and they have received a lot of recognition for that.
In the West, 1939 is considered the start of World War II. But in Asia, China and Japan had been at war since 1937.
China was already fighting its own civil war between the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek and Communist forces. The two sides came to a truce to fight against the Japanese. China, however, had little air power to fend off Japanese bombings.
Enter Claire Lee Chennault, a U.S. Army aviator, instructor, and tactician, once described by Time magazine as "lean, hard-bitten, taciturn." Health problems and disputes with his superiors pushed him to retire from his position with the Army Air Corps in 1937, at age 43.
But he quickly got a lucrative job offer with the Chinese Air Force, which was operating under Chiang's Nationalist government. Chennault was asked to come to survey the readiness of its fleet.
"Chiang Kai-shek thought he had 500 airplanes," says Nell Chennault Calloway, who is Chennault's granddaughter and CEO of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum in Monroe, La. "Chennault said, 'You have 500, but you only have 91 that fly.' That's how far behind they were in aviation."
Once the war with Japan officially broke out that summer, China hired Chennault as an adviser to its air force. He became its de facto commander.
Claire Lee Chennault first went to China to survey the Chinese Air Force's readiness and stayed on to lead the creation of the American Volunteer Group.
Fox Photos/Getty Images
By 1940, after losing backing from the Soviets, China desperately needed more planes. At the time, the U.S. was not officially part of World War II. But President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was concerned about the prospect of Japan defeating China and turning its sights on the U.S.
Chennault traveled back to the U.S., pulling what strings he could to get planes. With the help of T.V. Soong, a Chinese official who was also Chiang's brother-in-law, a deal was worked out to allow China to buy 100 American-made Curtiss P-40 fighter planes.
"He managed to get Roosevelt to allow some of our military pilots — that was the original AVG — to resign their commissions in the U.S. military and go to China as mercenaries, basically, because it was against the international rules for any American military personnel to be involved in the conflict over there,".
It was neither the first time, not the last, when brave Americans have fought for the freedom of other peoples. It was Jefferson’s US Navy that took on and ultimately routed the Libyan pirates wreaking havoc on Mediterranean shipping in the early 1800s. It was US forces that tipped the balance in two World Wars, and it was a US-led coalition that liberated Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm. What was different about the Flying Tigers was that they were volunteers, fighting an enemy superior in numbers and equipment.
The Flying Tigers received many honours American and Chinese. About to celebrate their 50th reunion in 1992, they were retroactively recognized as members of the U.S. military services during the seven months in combat against the Japanese. Their team was then awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for "professionalism, dedication to duty, and extraordinary heroism." And in 1996 their pilots received the Distinguished Flying Cross and their ground crew were all awarded the Bronze Star Medal.
#Flyingtigers #veterans #WW2
- published: 11 Jun 2022
- views: 1485220
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Emotions run high as 'Flying Tigers' delegation visits Southwest China’s Kunming
For more:
https://www.cgtn.com/video
During World War II, a group of US aviators came to China to join the battle against Japanese fascists. They were known a...
For more:
https://www.cgtn.com/video
During World War II, a group of US aviators came to China to join the battle against Japanese fascists. They were known as the "Flying Tigers. " Earlier this week, veterans and the families of deceased war heroes visited Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Some were deeply impressed and touched by the experience.
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During World War II, a group of US aviators came to China to join the battle against Japanese fascists. They were known as the "Flying Tigers. " Earlier this week, veterans and the families of deceased war heroes visited Kunming in Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Some were deeply impressed and touched by the experience.
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- published: 05 Nov 2023
- views: 2717
6:59
Flying Tigers Go Head-to-Head with the Japanese | Biggest Battles of WWII
The Flying Tigers of WWII were comprised of the United States Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps, and fought to defeat the enemy at any cost, in this clip f...
The Flying Tigers of WWII were comprised of the United States Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps, and fought to defeat the enemy at any cost, in this clip from Season 1, "Flying Tigers."
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The Flying Tigers of WWII were comprised of the United States Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps, and fought to defeat the enemy at any cost, in this clip from Season 1, "Flying Tigers."
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- published: 07 Nov 2021
- views: 192534
11:14
The Flying Tigers - America's Private Air Force
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Dr. Mark Felton is a well-k...
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Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felton
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Dr. Mark Felton is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers 'Zero Night' and 'Castle of the Eagles', both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felton
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Credits: SY; US National Archives
- published: 30 Aug 2021
- views: 410030
2:12:52
FLYING TIGERS: WW2 Missions That Changed The War | Curtiss P-40 WarHawk | Full Documentary
MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR: The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY
Narrated by Gary Sinise.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japane...
MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR: The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY
Narrated by Gary Sinise.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to defend China. Tex Hill resigns his Navy Commission and volunteers.
a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II.
Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.
They were called the American Volunteer Group and later became known as the Flying Tigers. Though only in combat for less than seven months, the group became famous at the time for its ability to inflict outsize damage on Japan's better-equipped and larger aircraft fleet.
Their victories came when Japan seemed unstoppable. The AVG was a bright spot in history when everything was bleak and black, and they have received a lot of recognition for that.
In the West, 1939 is considered the start of World War II. But in Asia, China and Japan had been at war since 1937.
China was already fighting its own civil war between the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek and Communist forces. The two sides came to a truce to fight against the Japanese. China, however, had little air power to fend off Japanese bombings.
Enter Claire Lee Chennault, a U.S. Army aviator, instructor and tactician, once described by Time magazine as "lean, hard-bitten, taciturn." Health problems and disputes with his superiors pushed him into retirement from his position with the Army Air Corps in 1937, at age 43.
But he quickly got a lucrative job offer with the Chinese Air Force, which was operating under Chiang's Nationalist government. Chennault was asked to come survey the readiness of its fleet.
"Chiang Kai-shek thought he had 500 airplanes," says Nell Chennault Calloway, who is Chennault's granddaughter and CEO of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum in Monroe, La. "Chennault said, 'You have 500, but you only have 91 that fly.' That's how far behind they were in aviation."
Once the war with Japan officially broke out that summer, China hired Chennault as an adviser to its air force. He became its de facto commander.
Claire Lee Chennault first went to China to survey the Chinese Air Force's readiness, and stayed on to lead the creation of the American Volunteer Group.
Fox Photos/Getty Images
By 1940, after losing backing from the Soviets, China desperately needed more planes. At the time, the U.S. was not officially part of World War II. But President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was concerned about the prospect of Japan defeating China and turning its sights on the U.S.
Chennault traveled back to the U.S., pulling what strings he could to get planes. With the help of T.V. Soong, a Chinese official who was also Chiang's brother-in-law, a deal was worked out to allow China to buy 100 American-made Curtiss P-40 fighter planes.
"He managed to get Roosevelt to allow some of our military pilots — that was the original AVG — to resign their commissions in the U.S. military and go to China as mercenaries, basically, because it was against the international rules for any American military person to be involved in the conflict over there,".
It was neither the first time, not the last, when brave Americans have fought for the freedom of other peoples. It was Jefferson’s US Navy that took on and ultimately routed the Libyan pirates wreaking havoc on Mediterranean shipping in the early 1800s. It was US forces that tipped the balance in two World Wars, and it was a US-led coalition that liberated Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm. What was different about the Flying Tigers was that they were volunteers, fighting an enemy superior in numbers and equipment.
The Flying Tigers received many honours American and Chinese. About to celebrate their 50th reunion in 1992, they were retroactively recognized as members of the U.S. military services during the seven months in combat against the Japanese.
#Flyingtigers #veterans #ww2
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MISSIONS THAT CHANGED THE WAR: The Flying Tigers FULL DOCUMENTARY
Narrated by Gary Sinise.
The American volunteer flyers who fought for China against the Japanese invasion were known as the ‘Flying Tigers.’ They saw their first combat on December 20th, 1941. They had originally thought this would be earlier, but various delays meant that it happened a few days after the US and Japan were officially at war.
In China’s most desperate hour, Chiang Kai-Shek turns to the United States for help. The Japanese are bombing Chinese population centers mercilessly. China’s decimated air force is powerless to stop them. Chiang dispatches his American consultant - former U.S. Army Air Corps officer Claire L. Chennault - to obtain the airplanes and pilots needed to defend China. Tex Hill resigns his Navy Commission and volunteers.
a small group of American aviators fought in their first battle in World War II.
Their mission was unusual: They were mercenaries hired by China to fight against Japan.
They were called the American Volunteer Group and later became known as the Flying Tigers. Though only in combat for less than seven months, the group became famous at the time for its ability to inflict outsize damage on Japan's better-equipped and larger aircraft fleet.
Their victories came when Japan seemed unstoppable. The AVG was a bright spot in history when everything was bleak and black, and they have received a lot of recognition for that.
In the West, 1939 is considered the start of World War II. But in Asia, China and Japan had been at war since 1937.
China was already fighting its own civil war between the Nationalists of Chiang Kai-shek and Communist forces. The two sides came to a truce to fight against the Japanese. China, however, had little air power to fend off Japanese bombings.
Enter Claire Lee Chennault, a U.S. Army aviator, instructor and tactician, once described by Time magazine as "lean, hard-bitten, taciturn." Health problems and disputes with his superiors pushed him into retirement from his position with the Army Air Corps in 1937, at age 43.
But he quickly got a lucrative job offer with the Chinese Air Force, which was operating under Chiang's Nationalist government. Chennault was asked to come survey the readiness of its fleet.
"Chiang Kai-shek thought he had 500 airplanes," says Nell Chennault Calloway, who is Chennault's granddaughter and CEO of the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum in Monroe, La. "Chennault said, 'You have 500, but you only have 91 that fly.' That's how far behind they were in aviation."
Once the war with Japan officially broke out that summer, China hired Chennault as an adviser to its air force. He became its de facto commander.
Claire Lee Chennault first went to China to survey the Chinese Air Force's readiness, and stayed on to lead the creation of the American Volunteer Group.
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By 1940, after losing backing from the Soviets, China desperately needed more planes. At the time, the U.S. was not officially part of World War II. But President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was concerned about the prospect of Japan defeating China and turning its sights on the U.S.
Chennault traveled back to the U.S., pulling what strings he could to get planes. With the help of T.V. Soong, a Chinese official who was also Chiang's brother-in-law, a deal was worked out to allow China to buy 100 American-made Curtiss P-40 fighter planes.
"He managed to get Roosevelt to allow some of our military pilots — that was the original AVG — to resign their commissions in the U.S. military and go to China as mercenaries, basically, because it was against the international rules for any American military person to be involved in the conflict over there,".
It was neither the first time, not the last, when brave Americans have fought for the freedom of other peoples. It was Jefferson’s US Navy that took on and ultimately routed the Libyan pirates wreaking havoc on Mediterranean shipping in the early 1800s. It was US forces that tipped the balance in two World Wars, and it was a US-led coalition that liberated Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm. What was different about the Flying Tigers was that they were volunteers, fighting an enemy superior in numbers and equipment.
The Flying Tigers received many honours American and Chinese. About to celebrate their 50th reunion in 1992, they were retroactively recognized as members of the U.S. military services during the seven months in combat against the Japanese.
#Flyingtigers #veterans #ww2
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- published: 10 May 2022
- views: 1644517
5:48
Chronicles of Courage: Flying Tigers
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 launches America into World War II. Just weeks after the attack, a small group of American volunteer pil...
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 launches America into World War II. Just weeks after the attack, a small group of American volunteer pilots known as the Flying Tigers use their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks to score some of the first U.S. victories against the Japanese in China. Pilot Tex Hill is one of the squadron leaders. “Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and Innovation” is a co-production of Vulcan Productions and NBC News Learn.
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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 launches America into World War II. Just weeks after the attack, a small group of American volunteer pilots known as the Flying Tigers use their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks to score some of the first U.S. victories against the Japanese in China. Pilot Tex Hill is one of the squadron leaders. “Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and Innovation” is a co-production of Vulcan Productions and NBC News Learn.
- published: 03 May 2020
- views: 12231
2:14
RHS Symphonic Band - Flying Tigers
Ringgold High School Symphonic Band
Flying Tigers - David Shaffer
Director - Robin Christian
LGPE - March 14, 2016
Ringgold High School Symphonic Band
Flying Tigers - David Shaffer
Director - Robin Christian
LGPE - March 14, 2016
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Ringgold High School Symphonic Band
Flying Tigers - David Shaffer
Director - Robin Christian
LGPE - March 14, 2016
- published: 21 Mar 2016
- views: 8571
19:37
Mystery of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, March 16, 1962
On March 16. 1962, a Lockheed Super Constellation carrying 107 passengers and crew, including 93 soldiers of the US Army, disappeared without a trace. It is an...
On March 16. 1962, a Lockheed Super Constellation carrying 107 passengers and crew, including 93 soldiers of the US Army, disappeared without a trace. It is an enduring and unexplained mystery of the Vietnam era.
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On March 16. 1962, a Lockheed Super Constellation carrying 107 passengers and crew, including 93 soldiers of the US Army, disappeared without a trace. It is an enduring and unexplained mystery of the Vietnam era.
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This is original content based on research by The History Guy. Images in the Public Domain are carefully selected and provide illustration. As very few images of the actual event are available in the Public Domain, images of similar objects and events are used for illustration.
You can purchase the bow tie worn in this episode at The Tie Bar:
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All events are portrayed in historical context and for educational purposes. No images or content are primarily intended to shock and disgust. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Non censuram.
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- published: 12 Jan 2024
- views: 123286