Bomber Command (Pan Grand Strategy Series)

Hastings, Sir Max

ISBN 10: 0330392042 / ISBN 13: 9780330392044

Published by Pan Books, U.S.A., 1999

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Bomber Command (Pan Grand Strategy Series)Hastings, Sir Max.Cover a little used but inside clean and tidy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bomber Command (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
• Publisher: Pan Books, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330392042
• ISBN 13: 9780330392044
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Miscellaneous
  • Military,War.

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Synopsis

An account which traces the development of area bombing, using documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of World War II.

Book Description

Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF’s attempt to win the war by bombing. In Bomber Command, originally published to critical acclaim in the U.K., famed British military historian Sir Max Hastings offers a captivating analysis of the strategy and decision-making behind one of World War II’s most violent episodes. With firsthand descriptions of the experiences of aircrew from 1939 to 1945—based on one hundred interviews with veterans—and a harrowing narrative of the experiences of Germans on the ground during the September 1944 bombing of Darmstadt, Bomber Command is widely recognized as a classic account of one of the bloodiest campaigns in World War II history. Now back in print in the U.S., this book is an essential addition to any history reader’s bookshelf.