]> 2026-06-19T22:18:59-04:00 Book:Pan Am at War 5000 en Mark John Vaz Hill Cotta H. Vaz Mark Cotta Vaz John H. Hill Hardcover Digital File:Pan Am at War Cover.jpg First 151072950X 978-1510729506 2019 2458484.5 Skyhorse How the Airline Secretly Helped America Fight World War II Pan Am at War chronicles the airline's historic role in advancing aviation and serving America's national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the "wings of democracy," spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America's wars. Utilizing government documents, declassified Freedom of Information Act material, and company documents, the authors have uncovered stories of Pan Am's stunning role as an instrument of American might: *The airline's role in building air bases in Latin America and countering Axis interests that threatened the Panama Canal *Creating transatlantic and trans-Africa supply lines for sending Lend-Lease equipment to Britain *Cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese nationalist government to pioneer the dangerous "Hump" route over the Himalayas *The dangerous seventeen-thousand-mile journey that took President Roosevelt to the high-stakes Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill *The daring flight that delivered uranium for the atomic bomb. For anyone interested in aviation, business, or military history, here is astonishing story filled with big ideas and the leaders who made them a reality. pan am pan american china chiang kai-shek atomic bomb Pan Am Pan American China Chiang Kai-shek Atomic Bomb 2020-03-21T00:35:28Z 2458929.5246296 Pan Am at War 741 5000 0 plainlist 1 [[:Book:Pan Am at War]] Pan Am at War# QUERYdd2c72f5dc0933ea2b34fda59e8d7005 5000 1 template 3 [[-Has subobject::Book:Pan Am at War]] [[URL::+]] Pan Am at War# QUERY6b68fe56aeb56d7aa4f6dae0b190f0c6 5000 1 plainlist 3 [[-Has subobject::Book:Pan Am at War]] [[Has Image::+]] Pan Am at War# QUERY9f8c80f60d862d40f8b7bbe84aeae495 5000 Buy on Amazon Pan Am at War# 7a6a5ea6f50970462075448a69d12d89