Marcus Gibson

Marcus Gibson spent more than 10 years researching and writing a ground-breaking book on RAF Bomber Command during WW2: 'The Greatest Force', which was published in 2025. This, the most controversial new book on WW2 history in 2025, reveals how RAF Bomber Command became the absolute No.1 factor in Germany’s defeat. In-depth research by former Financial Times reporter Marcus Gibson re-writes and overturns all previous histories of the bombing campaign. Far from being ineffective and too costly the book highlights the incredible impact of both the direct and indirect effects of bombing.

Above all, it answers the campaign’s outstanding questions: Why Air Marshal Harris was right to bomb city centres. How did General James Doolittle rescue the US 8th Air Force from its disastrous start? How the RAF diverted 80% of Germany’s AA guns and fighters away from the frontlines. The research finally corrects the many myths and falsehoods that have dogged the reputation of Britain’s Royal Air Force for more than 80 years.

Marcus spent 40 years as a research journalist and columnist with The Financial Times, The European newspaper in the 1990s and prior to that, with BBC R4 News. Other publications: In 1984 Marcus contributed to the 'Dictionary of the British Heritage' for Cambridge University Press, in 2004 he wrote 'Bootstrapping Your Business', in 2016 a book describing the huge economic success of Brexit for the London think-tank Civitas, and in 2025 'The Greatest Force'. Aged 67 in 2025 he lives in London.