BOMBER COMMAND

Hastings, Max

ISBN 10: 0718116038 / ISBN 13: 9780718116033

Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., London, 1980

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Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. 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. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night. Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. "Bomber Command" is his classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the war. This copy is sold in as new condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper that is lightly sunned to the spine. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Ref LLL 4.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BOMBER COMMAND
• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd., London
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0718116038
• ISBN 13: 9780718116033
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Bomber Command

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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.