Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book 1939-1945

Martin Middlebrook, Chris Everitt

ISBN 10: 1783463600 / ISBN 13: 9781783463602

Published by Pen and Sword Books Ltd, GB, 2014

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. There have been many books about Bomber Command, but Martin Middlebrook, the aviation historian, and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and the background stories to this fascinating campaign. They undertook the gargantuan task not only of documenting every Bomber Command operation but also of obtaining information from local archives in Germany, Italy and the occupied countries, on the effects of the raids. Little of this material had been published previously, and never before had the two sides of Bomber Command's war been brought together in this way. The Bomber Command War Diaries has become the standard basic work of reference on this extraordinary campaign. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix. Seller Inventory # LU-9781783463602

Synopsis:

Bomber Command's campaign started on the very first day of the Second World War and ended within a few hours of the final victory in Europe five and a half years later. It was an attempt to win the war in Europe by strategic bombing on such an enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. There have been many books about Bomber Command, but Martin Middlebrook, the aviation historian, and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and the background stories to this fascinating campaign. They undertook the gargantuan task not only of documenting every Bomber Command operation but also of obtaining information from local archives in Germany, Italy and the occupied countries, on the effects of the raids. Little of this material had been published previously, and never before had the two sides of Bomber Command's war been brought together in this way. The Bomber Command War Diaries has become the standard basic work of reference on this extraordinary campaign. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix.

About the Author: Martin Middlebrook is the author of many superb aviation and military histories, including The Nuremberg Raid, Firestorm Hamburg, The Peenemunde Raid and The Berlin Raids (all in print with Pen and Sword Aviation). He lives near Tewkesbury. Chris Everitt is now deceased.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational ...
Publisher: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, GB
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: New