The Bomber Command War Diaries
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Author |
: Martin Middlebrook |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 941 |
Release |
: 2014-04-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473834880 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473834880 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bomber Command War Diaries by : Martin Middlebrook
The essential WWII historical reference detailing RAF Bomber Command’s extensive campaign of strategic bombings across occupied Europe. The Royal Air Force Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign started on the first day of the Second World War and ended five and a half years later with the final victory in Europe. It was a campaign of such enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. Aviation historian Martin Middlebrook and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and their background stories. The Bomber Command War Diaries not only documents every Bomber Command operation but also details their effects on the ground, drawing on local archives from Germany, Italy, and the occupied countries. It is a groundbreaking work on historical research, bringing together the two sides of Bomber Command’s war. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix.
Author |
: Martin Middlebrook |
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Total Pages |
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Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:817051812 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bomber Command War Diaries by : Martin Middlebrook
Author |
: Max Hastings |
Publisher |
: Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages |
: 410 |
Release |
: 2013-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610588638 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610588630 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bomber Command by : Max Hastings
This award-winning classic of WWII military history chronicles the Royal Air Force’s bombing campaign against Germany. RAF Bomber Command’s air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany was one of the most epic campaigns of World War II. The struggle began meekly in 1939 with only a few aircraft—Whitleys, Hampdens, and Wellingtons—flying blindly through the night on their ill-conceived bombing runs. It ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes, equipped with the best of British wartime technology, blazing whole German cities in a single night. In Bomber Command, originally published to critical acclaim in the UK, 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. Winner of the Somerset Maugham Prize
Author |
: Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount) |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 830 |
Release |
: 2003-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0520239024 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780520239029 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis War Diaries 1939 1945 by : Alan Brooke Alanbrooke (Viscount)
The first complete and unexpurgated publication of the diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, who during World War II was Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the British Empire and Churchill's most prominent advisor -- and rival.
Author |
: Gen. Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold |
Publisher |
: Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 927 |
Release |
: 2015-11-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781786251527 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1786251523 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Airpower Comes Of Age—General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold’s World War II Diaries Vol. II [Illustrated Edition] by : Gen. Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold
Includes the Aerial Warfare In Europe During World War II illustrations pack with over 180 maps, plans, and photos. Gen Henry H. “Hap.” Arnold, US Army Air Forces (AAF) Chief of Staff during World War II, maintained diaries for his several journeys to various meetings and conferences throughout the conflict. Volume 1 introduces Hap Arnold, the setting for five of his journeys, the diaries he kept, and evaluations of those journeys and their consequences. General Arnold’s travels brought him into strategy meetings and personal conversations with virtually all leaders of Allied forces as well as many AAF troops around the world. He recorded his impressions, feelings, and expectations in his diaries. Maj Gen John W. Huston, USAF, retired, has captured the essence of Henry H. Hap Arnold—the man, the officer, the AAF chief, and his mission. Volume 2 encompasses General Arnold’s final seven journeys and the diaries he kept therein.
Author |
: Stephen Darlow |
Publisher |
: Grub Street Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2019-04-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1911621874 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781911621874 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis D-Day Bombers: the Veterans' Story by : Stephen Darlow
Reissued for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, D-Day Bombers: The Veterans' Story is largely an eyewitness account of the vital heavy bomber contribution to the success of the D-Day landings and therefore to the winning of the war in Europe.
Author |
: Ron Mackay |
Publisher |
: Fonthill Media |
Total Pages |
: 716 |
Release |
: 2022-03-31 |
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: |
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Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis RAF Bomber Command: 'Strike Hard, Strike Sure' 1936-1945 by : Ron Mackay
-> Historically rich in detail with previously unpublished photographs from private archives -> Researched and written by an aviation and military historian renowned author -> Essential for military/historians, modellers, flight-sim enthusiasts (War Thunder, IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles and DCS) and those interested in the complexities of aircraft design and production during the Second World War ‘They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.’ Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris The concept of an aerial campaign on a nation’s industrial and military might was advocated by Britain before the start of the First World War; however, a stringent post-war economy ensured that the creation of Bomber Command in 1936 witnessed a daunting disparity between the aim of striking at an adversary’s ability to sustain itself and the means to do so. From 1939 to 1942, Bomber Command was very weak in terms of human and material losses. The navigational means with which to accurately guide bombers to targets was almost completely lacking while the enemy defensive network inflicted serious casualties. Consequently, the punishment handed out was minimal. The resurgence of Bomber Command’s fortunes coincided with the appointment of Sir Arthur Harris. The advent of four-engine designs such as the Avro Lancaster and Handley Page Halifax ensured that a greatly increased bomb tonnage could be delivered. Also, electronic aids such as Gee, Oboe and H2S simplified the task in finding targets. Therefore, by 1944-1945, the RAF’s bombers pulverised Hitler’s Third Reich. Although flak and night-fighters took a heavy toll on the bombers, the RAF’s nocturnal offensive in conjunction with the USAAF’s daylight assaults crippled Germany’s ability to fight back.
Author |
: Tony Redding |
Publisher |
: Pen and Sword |
Total Pages |
: 461 |
Release |
: 2015-02-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781473850460 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1473850460 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bombing Germany: The Final Phase by : Tony Redding
During 1942 and 1943 the striking power of RAF Bomber Command was transformed by the arrival of heavy bombers, advanced navigation and blind bombing systems, and new tactics to concentrate the bombers over the target and swamp the German defences. By October 1944 most of Germany's cities were in ruins, yet the bombing continued to intensify, reaching unprecedented levels in the final seven months of the air campaign. The value of further area raids was questioned during the opening months of 1945, yet the Allies destroyed the remaining cities in a bid to hasten the end of the war. The handful of German cities still largely unscathed in early February 1945 included Dresden, which was obliterated on 13 February. Ten days later, the South German city of Pforzheim was destined to suffer the same fate.This book commemorates the efforts of the aircrew members who risked their lives, consolidating a host of intriguing first-hand accounts. It also considers Pforzheim as a representative community under National Socialist rule. The city's survivors remember the horror of the raid and its aftermath, including eventual occupation by French Colonial troops and, subsequently, American forces. Tony does an admirable job of presenting historical context when considering actions in times of extreme trauma and his narrative offers an intriguing, engaging and poignant evocation of the closing months of Bomber Command's war.
Author |
: Lisa Jean Russ |
Publisher |
: Heritage House Publishing Co |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2018-10-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781772032635 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1772032638 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Last Flight to Stuttgart by : Lisa Jean Russ
A woman’s journey to uncover the fate of seven RCAF crewmen who perished in the Second World War. For most of her life, Lisa Russ knew little about her second cousin, Robert “Bud” George Alfred Burt. All she had were two grainy photos, a poem Bud had written shortly before his death, and the knowledge that he was a tail gunner in a Lancaster bomber during the Second World War. It was only when Russ—a self-described “discouraged modern-day war bride”—found herself displaced, unemployed, and homesick in Australia that she began to search for a deeper connection to her family back in Canada and stumbled upon the remarkable story of Bud and his fellow crewmen, who were shot down over Stuttgart, Germany, in March of 1944. Just nineteen at the time of his death, Bud was one of the bomber boys of Lancaster II, a member of 408 “Goose” Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Although he was but one of tens of thousands of long-forgotten Allied soldiers who perished in the War, for Russ he became an emblem of courage and sacrifice. Last Flight to Stuttgart is a riveting story, told in parallel timelines, of one woman’s quest for remembrance of a brave crew and their ill-fated mission. For every leader who has his story told, there are many thousands of servicemen whose stories never come to light. This book honours the marginalised by telling their story.
Author |
: Randall Hansen |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2009-07-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101104781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101104783 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fire and Fury by : Randall Hansen
During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pilots dead. But the terrible truth is that much of the bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the Allied military leadership, leading to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, Fire and Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing campaign through the eyes of those involved: the military and civilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, the aircrews in the skies who carried out their orders, and civilians on the ground who felt the fury of the Allied attacks. Here, for the first time, the story of the American and British air campaigns is told-and the cost accounted for...