- Taschenbuch: 264 Seiten
- Verlag: CreateSpace (8. Juli 2009)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 144214582X
- ISBN-13: 978-1442145825
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,2 x 13,2 x 1,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 668.314 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Many events in Seppl's life where shrouded in secrecy, because they were in conflict with the Treaty of Versailles or Hitler's specific prohibitions. Their disclosure could well have resulted in his persecution and even death. His patriotic convictions and dislike of Bolshevism influenced all his commercial decisions in providing arms to troubled nations in their revolutionary battles or defence against oppressive neighbours. He helped Turkey, Morocco, China, Spain and Finland always a step ahead of politics. There is no doubt that his actions influenced the outcomes. His personal confrontation with Hitler in 1931 stirred the Gestapo and SS into pursuing him for the rest of his life, and without the protection of his first world war comrade if not friend, Hermann Göring, they would have succeeded to get him earlier than they did.
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The author was born in Germany, and is now an Australian citizen living near Melbourne.
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The Life of Pour le Merite ace Josef Veltjens
18. November 2011
Format:Taschenbuch
Johann Josef Hermann Matthias Veltjens is best known to World War I aviation enthusiasts as a 35-victory fighter ace and recipient of the Orden Pour le Mérite, among other high decorations. As a member of Feldflieger-Abteilung 23 and Jagdstaffeln 14, 18 and 15, he also gained an early and long affiliation with renowned Jasta and Jagdgeschwader commander Rudolf Berthold.
Veltjens - called "Seppl" by his family and close friends - was never lionized in the popular press or the subject of books during his lifetime. So, it is a landmark event that, at last, his book-length biography has appeared. And who better to write it than his son Klaus, who drew on his own memories and a wealth of family oral and written history? This very readable book trace's "Seppl" Veltjens' life from his rebellious youth to his "maturational" experiences in the German Army and World War I Luftstreitkräfte, and on to the Luftwaffe of World War II. Along the way, Veltjens and his wife Leni shared a good business sense that led to financial success. But this reviewer found the most interesting portions of this book to be Veltjens' military contacts, notably with fellow Pour le Mérite recipient Hermann Göring.
Sadly, Veltjens' combination of financial and military connections led to his demise. Refuting a popular misconception that Veltjens was killed when his Ju-52 transport was "shot down by Yugoslav partisans" in 1943, the book hints at a more sinister turn of events to that fatal plane crash. While carrying out a Göring-authorized delicate negotiation between Swiss bankers, Italian nationalists and Nazi officials, the fiercely independent-minded Oberst [Colonel] Veltjens ran afoul of equally tough-minded SS goons who had the means and opportunity to terminate someone who got in their way. It was a classic case of perverted Nazi power politics at work.
That misfortune and other stories of Josef Veltjens' event-filled and richly-lived life are well told in this book. It is recommended highly. (This review appears in the Winter issue of "Over the Front," the quarterly journal of the non-profit League of World War I Aviation Historians.)
Veltjens - called "Seppl" by his family and close friends - was never lionized in the popular press or the subject of books during his lifetime. So, it is a landmark event that, at last, his book-length biography has appeared. And who better to write it than his son Klaus, who drew on his own memories and a wealth of family oral and written history? This very readable book trace's "Seppl" Veltjens' life from his rebellious youth to his "maturational" experiences in the German Army and World War I Luftstreitkräfte, and on to the Luftwaffe of World War II. Along the way, Veltjens and his wife Leni shared a good business sense that led to financial success. But this reviewer found the most interesting portions of this book to be Veltjens' military contacts, notably with fellow Pour le Mérite recipient Hermann Göring.
Sadly, Veltjens' combination of financial and military connections led to his demise. Refuting a popular misconception that Veltjens was killed when his Ju-52 transport was "shot down by Yugoslav partisans" in 1943, the book hints at a more sinister turn of events to that fatal plane crash. While carrying out a Göring-authorized delicate negotiation between Swiss bankers, Italian nationalists and Nazi officials, the fiercely independent-minded Oberst [Colonel] Veltjens ran afoul of equally tough-minded SS goons who had the means and opportunity to terminate someone who got in their way. It was a classic case of perverted Nazi power politics at work.
That misfortune and other stories of Josef Veltjens' event-filled and richly-lived life are well told in this book. It is recommended highly. (This review appears in the Winter issue of "Over the Front," the quarterly journal of the non-profit League of World War I Aviation Historians.)
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