title: Baptism of Fire: The First Combat Experiences of the Royal Hungarian Air Force and Slovak Air Force, March 1939
author: Csaba B. Stenge
description: wonderfully researched, lucidly written and potently provocative. (<i>Cybermodeler</i>)<br /><br />  This is one of those important books recording an event most of us have never heard of and helps broaden our picture of the Second World War  The publisher is to be commended for bringing us books like these. They expand the mind, giving food for thought and I really love the pictures. Great stuff. (<i>WAR HISTORY ONLINE</i>)<br /><br />  a monumental labour of love that will occupy war historians minds and provide modellers with something a little different to build and admire. (<i>ModelArt Australia</i>)<br /><br />  an illuminating look at a relatively minor event in the run-up to the Second World War. (<i>9781906033934</i>)<br /><br />  The pioneering nature of this work is unquestionable. (...) It based on mostly unpublished, primary sources of both sides and (...) it is the most detailed book in this topic which has ever been published. (<i>Klio</i>)
zlib_text: The U. S Army Air Forces in World War II
  Fueling the
  Fires of Resistance
  Army Air Forces Special Operations
  in the Balkans during World War II
  William M. Leary
  DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A
  Approved for Public Release
  Distribution Unlimited
  Air Force History and Museums Program
  1995
  "20050429 
  009
  
  Fueling the
  Fires of Resistance
  Of all the Army Air Forces' many operations in
  the Second World War, none was more demand-
  ing or important than those supporting the activ-
  ity of resistance groups fighting the Axis powers.
  The special operations supporting the Yugoslav-
  ian partisans fighting the forces of Nazism in the
  Balkans required particular dedication and ex-
  pertise. Balkan flying conditions demanded the
  best of flying skills, and the tenacious German
  defenses in that troubled region complicated this
  challenge even further. In this study, Professor
  William Leary examines what might fairly be
  considered one of the most important early expe-
  riences in the history of Air Force special oper