Bomber command. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Max Hastings.
• Authors: Hastings, Max
• Contents: Prologue -- Norfolk and Heligoland bight, 18 December 1939 -- In the beginning, Trenchard: British bomber policy, 1917-40 -- Squadron, Norfolk, 1940-41 -- Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940-41 -- Crisis of confidence, 1941-42 -- The coming of area bombing, 1942 -- Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942 -- Harris conducts an overture -- Operations -- Protest and policy, 1942-43 -- Dissent -- Casablanca-the airmen victorious -- The tools of darkness -- Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943 -- The Ruhr -- Hamburg -- Courage -- The other side of the hill: Germany 1940-44 -- The destruction -- The defenses -- Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire -- Conflict and compromise, 1943-44 -- The battle of Berlin -- The American breakthrough -- Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944 -- "A quiet trip all round": Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944 -- Saturation -- The balance sheet -- Appendix A: Bomber command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939-45 -- Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939-45 -- Appendix C: -- The target indicator board at Bomber Command HQ, High Wycombe, at the beginning of February 1945 -- Appendix D: Comparison of British and German production of selected armaments, 1940-44 -- Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by bomber command, 1942-45 -- Appendix F: Comparison of Allied and German aircraft production, 1939-45.
• Publisher Details: Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 940.54/4941; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany; HISTORY -- Europe -- Western; Destruction and pillage; Military operations, Aerial -- British; Regimental histories; Germany -- History -- 1933-1945; Germany; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610588638; 1610588630
• Related ISBNs: 9780760345207; 0760345201
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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