| Description |
x, 448 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-416) and index. |
| Contents |
The advent of the bomber, 1914-1939 -- Blitzkrieg and the Blitz, 1939-1941 -- The scientific air war, 1939-1942 -- The aircrews, 1940-1943 -- Harris takes command, 1942 -- The defences of Germany, 1939-1942 -- Enter the Mighty Eighth, 1942 -- Towards a combined offensive, August 1942-January 1943 -- Bombing round the clock, 1943 -- The great raids : the dams to Ploesti, August 1943 -- The great raids : Schweinfurt-Regensburg to Peenemunde, 1943 -- The Pointblank directive, June 1943 -- The Battle of Berlin and Big Week, November 1943-March 1944 -- Overture to Overlord, January-June 1944 -- The destruction of Germany, September 1944-February 1945 -- Dresden, February 1945 -- The road to Hiroshima, February-August 1945 -- Moral issues and the Bomber War, 1999-2000. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Harris, Arthur Travers, Sir, 1892-1984.
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| ISBN |
1585671622 |
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