"You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees."
If you've ever picked up any history book ... you'll know that World War I wiped out practically an entire generation. You'll also remember that last year was the 100th anniversary of the peace treaty. In that vein, there've been many books published on the topic, or re-published, and I chose to focus on one that is absolutely stunning - and heartbreaking. The Red Knight of Germany tells the story of the best pilot the world had ever seen at the time. It tells the story of the men who lived and died in their planes, and the era when chivalry died.
Because they were indeed knights. Knights in the sky, the last of their kind.
1927. The story of Baron von Richthofen, Germany's great war bird. Manfred von Richthofen was known as the Red Knight or, more commonly, the Red Baron due to the color of his plane. As a German aviator in World War I, he was attributed with eighty kills, or enemy planes shot down, and ended up being killed in action in 1918.
(from Goodreads)
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