Operation Thunderclap The Bombing Of Dresden

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Operation Thunderclap The Bombing Of Dresden

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Author : LTC Richard A. Conroy
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-15

Operation Thunderclap The Bombing Of Dresden written by LTC Richard A. Conroy and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-15 with History categories.

Precision bombing of military targets was a reality in World War II by the end of 1943. By February, 1945, the war in Europe was nearly over. Why, then at that Tate date, was the city of Dresden destroyed by allied firebombing? In addressing this quest ion, the Dresden case study examines the evolution of bombing practices on both sides during the war in Europe. Both British and American bombing policies are scrutinized. Objectives, both military and political served by the Dresden bombing, are explained. Public reaction to the bombings in the U.K. and the U.S. are discussed as well as the reaction of both Governments to those reactions. Finally, the study examines the doctrine of Just War, draws conclusions and provides commentary.

Operation Thunderclap

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Author : Richard A. Conroy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989

Operation Thunderclap written by Richard A. Conroy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Dresden (Germany) categories.

Precision bombing of military targets was a reality in World War II by the end of 1943. By February, 1945, the war in Europe was nearly over. Why, then at that late date, was the city of Dresden destroyed by allied firebombing? In addressing this question, the Dresden case study examines the evolution of bombing practices on both sides during the war in Europe. Both British and American bombing policies are scrutinized. Objectives, both military and political served by the Dresden bombing, are explained. Public reaction to the bombings in the U.K. and the U.S. are discussed as well as the reaction of both Governments to those reactions. Finally, the study examines the doctrine of Just War, draws conclusions and provides commentary.

Operation Thunderclap And The Black March

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Author : Richard Allison
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2014-10-29

Operation Thunderclap And The Black March written by Richard Allison and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-29 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

This unique dual biography chronicles the WWII experiences of two US airmen, one of whom was captured by Nazis, while the other bombed Germany. In February 1945, the Allies launched Operation Thunderclap, a series of maximum efforts against cities in eastern Germany. These deep-penetration raids would tax the bomber crews immensely, as well as bring new devastation to cities yet untouched by US airpower. Meanwhile, the Nazis attempted to move all their prisoners beyond the reach of the Soviet Army’s advancing spearheads, forcing thousands of Allied POWs on a five-hundred-mile, three-month trek that would come to be known as the Black March. Two B-17 crew members, a copilot and gunner, trained together in Gulfport, MS, and, in Fall 1944, were assigned to the longest-serving and most decorated US bomb group in England. However, their paths then diverged. The copilot flew thirty-one missions until the war’s end; the gunner was shot down and captured on his very first combat mission. These crew members both lived—one through Thunderclap and one through the Black March—and this is their story: an account of both constant air combat and travail on the ground. The copilot participated in the bombing of Dresden, where he witnessed a city already too far destroyed to expend additional bombs. The gunner survived the March, and once time was up for Germany, experienced a period in Soviet captivity. This unique book on the Allied air campaign offers new insights into what our fliers truly saw and experienced during the war.

Firestorm

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Author : Paul Addison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Firestorm written by Paul Addison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.

On the night of February 13, 1945, British planes bombed the city of Dresden in Germany, causing devastating fires that obliterated the historic city center and killed thousands of people. The next day U.S. bombers returned for another attack. In all, m

A Serious Query

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Author : Kevin Ross Norris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

A Serious Query written by Kevin Ross Norris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Combined operations (Military science) categories.

The Destruction Of Dresden

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Author : David John Cawdell Irving
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963

The Destruction Of Dresden written by David John Cawdell Irving and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Dresden (Germany) categories.

135.000 dræbtes ved 7 døgns konventionel bombning af Dresden. Atombomben mod Hiroshima dræbte ca. 71.000.

Firestorm

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Author : Marshall De Bruhl
language : en
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Release Date : 2006

Firestorm written by Marshall De Bruhl and has been published by Random House Digital, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.

De Bruhl re-creates the drama and horror of the 1945 Dresden bombings and offers the most cogent, clear-eyed appraisal yet of the tactics, weapons, strategy, and rationale for the controversial attack.

Bombing Germany The Final Phase

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Author : Tony Redding
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-02-28

Bombing Germany The Final Phase written by Tony Redding and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-28 with History categories.

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.

The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany

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Author : Sir Charles Kingsley Webster
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany written by Sir Charles Kingsley Webster and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.

The Dresden Firebombing

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Author : Tony Joel
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-20

The Dresden Firebombing written by Tony Joel and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-20 with History categories.

The firebombing of Dresden marks the terrible apex of the European bombing war. In just over two days in February 1945, over 1,300 heavy bombers from the RAF and the USAAF dropped nearly 4,000 tonnes of explosives on Dresden's civilian centre.Since the end of World War II, both the death toll and the motivation for the attack have become fierce historical battlegrounds, as German feelings of victimhood complete with those of guilt and loss. The Dresden bombing was used by East Germany as a propaganda tool, and has been re-appropriated by the neo-Nazi far right. Meanwhile the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche- the city's sumptuous eighteenth-century church destroyed in the raid-became central to German identity, while in London, a statue of the Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, has attracted protests. In this book, Tony Joel focuses on the historical battle to re-appropriate Dresden, and on how World War II continues to shape British and German identity today.