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The Story Of The Bomber 1914 1945
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Author : Bryan Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
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The Story Of The Bomber 1914 1945
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Author : Bryan Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Story Of The Bomber 1914 1945 written by Bryan Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Bombers categories.
Flak
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Author : Edward B. Westermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Flak written by Edward B. Westermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Air raid sirens wail, searchlight beams flash across the sky, and the night is aflame with tracer fire and aerial explosions, as Allied bombers and German anti-aircraft units duel in the thundering darkness. Such "cinematic" scenes, played out with increasing frequency as World War II ground to a close, were more than mere stock material for movie melodramas. As Edward Westermann reveals, they point to a key but largely unappreciated aspect of the German war effort that has yet to get its full due.Long the neglected stepchild in studies of World War II air campaigns, German flak or anti-aircraft units have been frequently dismissed by American, British, and German historians (and by veterans of the European air war) as ineffective weapons that wasted valuable materiel and personnel resources desperately needed elsewhere by the Third Reich. Westermann emphatically disagrees with that view and makes a convincing case for the significant contributions made by the entire range of German anti-aircraft defenses.During the Allied air campaigns against the Third Reich, well over a million tons of bombs were dropped upon the German homeland, killing nearly 300,000 civilians, wounding another 780,000, and destroying more than 3,500,000 industrial and residential structures. Not surprisingly, that aerial Armageddon has inspired countless studies of both the victorious Allied bombing offensive and the ultimately doomed Luftwaffe defense of its own skies. By contrast, flak units have virtually been ignored, despite the fact that they employed more than a million men and women, were responsible for more than half of all Allied aircraft losses, forced Allied bombers to fly far abovehigh-accuracy altitudes, and thus allowed Germany to hold out far longer than it might have otherwise.Westermann's definitive study sheds new light on every facet of the development and organization of this vital defense arm, includi
To Destroy A City
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Author : Herman Knell
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-06-16
To Destroy A City written by Herman Knell and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-16 with History categories.
Herman Knell was nineteen and living in Würtzburg in March of 1945 when hundreds of Allied planes arrived overhead, unleashing a torrent of bombs on the city. Würtzburg's tightly packed medieval housing exploded in a firestorm, killing six thousand people in one night and destroying 92 percent of the city's structures. Despite the fact that Würtzburg had no strategic value, the city emerged from World War II second only to Dresden in material destruction inflicted from the air. The experience led Knell to years of research on the history, development, and effects of the strategy of area bombing.To Destroy a City is the result of the author's long and unrelenting investigation. His analysis of this form of warfare, which reached its zenith during World War II, covers the history and the development of wide-area bombing since 1914, examines its wartime effectiveness and the consequences. But the extra dimension that Knell's book offers is his firsthand experience of the tension, fear, tentative defiance, and, finally, utter catastrophe of being on the receiving end of overwhelming air power. For Americans, who fortunately did not experience bombing during the war, this is essential reading.
The Bombers And The Bombed
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Author : Richard Overy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-02-20
The Bombers And The Bombed written by Richard Overy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-20 with History categories.
The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies fought. The Bombers and the Bombed radically overhauls our understanding of World War II. It pairs the story of the civilian front line in the Allied air war alongside the political context that shaped their strategic bombing campaigns, examining the responses to bombing and being bombed with renewed clarity. The first book to examine seriously not only the well-known attacks on Dresden and Hamburg but also the significance of the firebombing on other fronts, including Italy, where the crisis was far more severe than anything experienced in Germany, this is Richard Overy’s finest work yet. It is a rich reminder of the terrible military, technological, and ethical issues that relentlessly drove all the war’s participants into an abyss.
War In The Air 1914 1945
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Author : Williamson Murray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
War In The Air 1914 1945 written by Williamson Murray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Air power categories.
The Bombers
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Author : Robin Cross
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Release Date : 1987
The Bombers written by Robin Cross and has been published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Detailed and illustrated analyses of design breakthroughs and flaws, crucial operations and notable disasters is placed in the wider context of moral and practical arguments about the proper use of the bombing arm.
Night Blitz
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Author : John Ray
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2012-12-08
Night Blitz written by John Ray and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-08 with History categories.
September 1940: defeated in the Battle of Britain, despite their superior numbers and better equipped aircraft, the Luftwaffe launched a new campaign of attack, their target this time the civilian population. For eight months, with hardly a night's break, Luftwaffe bombers pounded industrial cities and seaports in a concentrated attempt to smash Britain's war economy and destroy civilian morale. It was the first time a civilian population had been subject to mass attack, night after night, and important lessons were to be learned on both sides. If this campaign failed - as it did - then surely Britain could win the war.In this finely structured and consistently fascinating study of the campaign, Second World War historian John Ray assesses the strategies, weapons and defence tactics employed throughout the Night Blitz. He graphically recalls the effects of the Blitz on British cities, industry and people, month by month. This was the war at home, when terror fell indiscriminately from the skies. Yet despite all the death and destruction, the spirit of the British people remained undaunted even in their darkest hours.
Battle Of Britain
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Author : John Ray
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2012-11-25
Battle Of Britain written by John Ray and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-25 with History categories.
July 1940: as Britain stood alone, the Army exhausted and defeated by the Wehrmacht and the Roval Navy, stretched worldwide, only the English Channel and the RAF remained between Britain and the expected German invasion. But the Luftwaffe's ill-prepared and last-minute assault on the RAF was met by a carefully planned system of fighter intervention, the defensive strategy devised by Hugh Dowding, Commander-in-Chief, RAF Fighter Command. Dowding fought and won Britain's most vital victory, the Battle of Britain. Yet he was dismissed in October 1940. Why?The full story of Dowding's struggle to victory is revealed in this masterly new study by Second World War historian John Ray. Dowding was under daily attack from rivals in the RAF and at the Air Ministry, who wanted a different approach to air defence, despite the severity of the threat and Dowding's success. John Ray tracks the course of the Battle and the internal arguments that threatened Dowding's position and RAF supremacy; this new perspective, matching the ebb and flow of bitter argument in the corridors of power with the drama of war in the air, makes for an engrossing study in RAF history and reveals the truth behind the Battle of Britain.
The Bombers
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Author : Norman Longmate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
The Bombers written by Norman Longmate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.