sentences:  and then moves on to its conquest by the Japanese, and the struggling Nationalists in the hinterland.The Flying Tigers and General Chenault are briefly introduced and it is explained that they started out as a business operation - $500 a month and an extra $500 for each plane shot down.The tortuous supply routes through Assam and the Himalayas are described as well as the substandard equipment that is used by the Flying Tigers.