Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book 1939-1945 (Paperback)

Paperback. Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. There have been many books about Bomber Command, but Martin Middlebrook, the aviation historian, and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and the background stories to this fascinating campaign. They undertook the gargantuan task not only of documenting every Bomber Command operation but also of obtaining information from local archives in Germany, Italy and the occupied countries, on the effects of the raids. Little of this material had been published previously, and never before had the two sides of Bomber Command's war been brought together in this way. The Bomber Command War Diaries has become the standard basic work of reference on this extraordinary campaign. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix. AUTHOR: Martin Middlebrook is the author of many superb aviation and military histories, including 'The Nuremberg Raid', 'Firestorm Hamburg', 'The Peenemunde Raid' and 'The Berlin Raids' (all in print with Pen and Sword Aviation). Chris Everitt is now deceased. Illustrated This is a unique record of every RAF Bomber Command raid during WW2. Comprehensive research coupled with graphic commentary make this an invaluable research tool and excellent read. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …