Sledgehammers for Tintacks: Bomber Command Combats the V-1 Menace, 1943 - 1944 Darlow, Steve

Darlow, Steve

ISBN 10: 1902304969 / ISBN 13: 9781902304960

Published by Casemate Publishers, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sledgehammers for Tintacks: Bomber Command Combats the V-1 Menace, 1943 - 1944 Darlow, Steve
• Publisher: Casemate Publishers
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1902304969
• ISBN 13: 9781902304960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the summer of 1944, in the skies over Southern England, a new era in international warfare began. A German reprisal weapon, called the V1 or 'flying bomb', launched from occupied France, would bring indiscriminate terror and panic to the civilian population of London and the home counties. The German High Command hoped the weapon would not only revenge the Allied bombing of their homeland, but seriously hinder Allied invasion plans. The Allies tried desperately to prevent this new scourge diverting their attention from D-day and the liberation of Western Europe. It was the job of RAF's Bomber Command to combat the new threat. The author details all raids against flying bomb targets and also covers raids against other German secret weapon targets. The story is told using fascinating photographic coverage, previously unpublished records, intelligence information and graphic first hand accounts provided by Bomber Command veterans, Luftwaffe night fighter veterans and accounts from French people who witnessed the whole German operation from the construction of the secret weapon installations to the launching of the flying bombs.

About the Author

Steve Darlow is the author of Lancaster Down! (2000), Sledgehammers for Tintacks (2002), D-Day Bombers (2004), Victory Fighters (2005), Five of the Few (2006) and Five of the Many (2007), all for Grub Street. Steve has had a distinguished basketball career culminating in sixteen England caps. He is now National Club Development Manager for the English Basketball Association and coaches basketball, football and cricket to children.