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Published by London: Imperial War Museum, 199, 1994
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
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Published by London: Imperial War Museum, 199, 1994
ISBN 10: 0898392055ISBN 13: 9780898392050
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Published by Her Majestys Stationery Office, 1961
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents.
Published by Her Majestys Stationery Office, 1961
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Hinges are cracked. Content is clean. No DJ.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 1845743474ISBN 13: 9781845743475
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint SB.Published Price £28 The theme of this first of four volumes of the official British history of the Second World War devoted to the RAFâ s strategic bomber offensive against Germany is in its sub-title â Preparationâ . Beginning with the lessons learned from air bombing in its infancy during the Great War, the authors divide their book into three parts: strategy; operations; appreciations and results. No aspect of Britainâ s role in the war, as the authors acknowledge in their preface, has been and remains more controversial than the air war against German cities. These books, the product of ten yearsâ research, are an essential repository of facts, based on official documents - then still secret - in the archives of the Cabinet Office, the Air Ministry and Bomber Command. Other papers on which this account is based include the official despatches of the Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, the writings and interrogations of Germanyâ s armaments minister, Albert Speer, and papers from the Air Historical Branch. In addition to written sources, the authors consulted many of the air chiefs, scientists and other officials who directed and led the offensive. - including those of the USAF.From an initial reluctance to bomb German forests because they were private property, Britainâ s bombing offensive, one of the few weapons available to it in the dark early days of the war, escalated after the battles of France and Britain and the opening of the Luftwaffeâ s Blitz on Britain, from precision targets to mass area bombing of cities. This book takes the story up to the opening of 1943 with the first thousand bomber raids, the creation of the Pathfinder Force, and the beginning of daylight bombing. The narrative is accompanied by diagrams, six maps and 20 photos of the leading figures behind the offensive, the aircraft involved, and â before and afterâ pictures of the raids and their results. This calm, dispassionate book is essential reading for all who are interested in a subject which remains burningly relevant in the 21st century.
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Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845743482ISBN 13: 9781845743482
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint SB. Published Price £28 1943 was the watershed year for Bomber Commandâ s ever-escalating strategic air offensive against Germany. As the authors of this second in the four-volume official history of the bomber offensive point out, in the first three months of that year the average number of bombers available to the RAF for operations against Germany almost doubled from 500 to 974, including nearly 600 of the new, fast and heavy Lancaster bombers. At the same time, British aircrew were augmented by the Dominions - chiefly Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders. By January 1945, 46 percent of Bomber Commandâ s pilots came from the Dominions - over half of them Canadians. 1943 was also the year when the USAF joined the offensive, and, although their unescorted daylight raids on selected targets suffered a fearful casualty toll from German fighters, they set the pattern for future combined Anglo-American operagtions against Germany. The authors also examine the splits that opened up between the three men directing the offensive - Sir Charles Portal, the Chief of Air Staff; Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command; and General Eaker, the head of the Eighth US Air Force. The Americans advocated strict selection of targets, while Harris backed all-out area attacks on such targets as Hamburg, the Ruhr and Berlin. For most of 1943, the authors argue, allied co-operation was replaced by competiton between the two schools of thought. Portalâ s Air Staff eventually backed the Americans, directing Bomber Command to hit targets producing German planes and aircraft parts. One result was the RAFâ s raid on the Schweinfurt ball bearings centre in February 1944. Another precision target examined here was 617 Squadronâ s famous Dambusters raid. As effective long-range allied fighters came into service to protect the US day bombers, the Combined Allied bomber offensive really began in early 1944.However, hopes that bombing alone would be enough to cripple the German war effort proved, the authors admit, â completely abortiveâ . In fact German armamants production actually â increased by leaps and boundsâ under the skilful direction of armaments minister Albert Speer. As a result, the book concludes with an attempt by the authors to gauge the effects of Harrisâ area bombing offensive. Well Illustrated with 15 maps and 35 photographs of aircrew, aircraft, bomb damage etc.
Published by her majesty's stationery office, london, 1961
Seller: Peter Sexton, Arlington, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. large 8vo, 332pp, maps etc, an ex library copy with old code to spine now erased, cloth surface scuffed and edges rubbed spine top and bottom rubbed and bit worn, but binding is sound, contents good and clean, a good ex lib reference /reading copy. Book.
Published by her majesty's stationery office, london, 1961
Seller: Peter Sexton, Arlington, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. large 8vo, 322pp, maps etc, ex lib copy with a lib code to the spine erased, cloth is aged and surface scuffed a bit and spine dge worn, but binding is sound, contents good and clean, a good reference/reading copy in edge worn binding. Book.
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961
Seller: Booked Experiences Bookstore, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.530 clean tight copy with tanning to text pages EX-LIBRARY COPY with usual markings, green cloth covers show rubbing to covers and extremites crimping to top/bottom spines and slight bumping to corners some soiling to spine.
Published by her majesty's stationery office, london, 1961
Seller: Peter Sexton, Arlington, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. large 8vo, 530pp, an ex lib copy with old code now erased to spine, cloth bit surface scuffed and edges rubbed, but binding sound, contents good and clean, a good sound ex lib copy for reference/reading, heavy volume overseas orders will incur extra postage request. Book.
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 184574389XISBN 13: 9781845743895
Seller: Book Dispensary, Concord, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD+ hardcover, no marks in text, very clean exterior. Book.
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Published by H.M.S.O, 1961
Seller: Lewes Book Centre, LEWES East Sussex, ES, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in fine un-clipped d/j.Part.5.The culmination of the offensive,the results of air superiority,March 1944-May 1945.With 29 photographs and 14 maps,mostly fold-out.
Published by HMSO
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Three good condition books. Ex-library with the usual stamps and references. Some marks and loss to the dust jackets and edgewear to the boards and spines. Hinges have previously been repaired and pages are tanned and marked in places. Overall three good reading copies.
Published by HMSO, London, 1961
Seller: Feline Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This volume (part 4 of the whole work) covers Jan 1943 to March 1944. It is a very sound clean copy: green cloth boards show no wear; the spine is somewhat worn but has no tears or stains - see pictures. Lacks a d-j. Maps, illus, appendix and index. 322 pages. Not ex-lib.
Published by HMSO, London, 1961
Seller: Barnaby, Oxford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Former library book, in good condition. Cover is lightly worn, with corner bumps and a few marks. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover, and library stamps on first inside page, including withdrawn stamp. All pages unmarked and uncreased. Bindings firm, spine intact. Overall, sound and serviceable Size: 25 x 17 x 3.2 cm. 530 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British; Add. Inventory No: 240223ROSG015816.
Published by HMSO., London., 1961
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. ix, 332pp, photos, maps, appends. History of the Second World War series. Clean and tight in light soiled unclipped wrapper. 1kg.
Published by The Imperial War Musem. Battery Press., London., 1994
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. ix, 332pp, photos, maps, appends. History of the Second World War series. Clean and tight. 1kg.
Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845743490ISBN 13: 9781845743499
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint SB. Published Price £28 This, the third in the four volumes of the British Official History of the Second World War dealing with Bomber Commandâ s air offensive against Germany, covers the final year of the offensive: from April1944 to May 1945. It is a story of growing allied strength and technical effectiveness. In July 1944, more than 5,000 RAF and USAF bombers were raining down bombs on Germany from their bases in Britain and Italy. In March 1944, the peak month, the RAF alone dropped more than 67,000 tons of bombs, and the Allies between them more than 130,000 tons. Yet all this was achieved against a background of continued controversy among the Allied air chiefs over the purpose of the bombing . The old squabbles over whether precision or general area bombing should be the main aim re-opened now that the allies had the capacity to do either, both at night and in daylight.In addition the allied offensive was, from early 1944 onwards, increasingly subjected to the needs of â Operation Overlordâ - the invasion of German-occupied Europe. As well as pounding the industrial heart of Germany to achive air superiority; disruption of German production and a slump in German civilian morale; the RAF and USAF were expected to prepare for, and subsequently support, the invasion. Despite this diversion, as Bomber Command switched to devastating the French railway system, relentless attacks on Germany went on - particulalry on oil production. But the head of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, continued to insist on the primacy of area bombing of German cities, in the teeth of growing doubts among Sir Charles Portalâ s Air Staff, and in October 1944, write the authors, â the strategic air offensive was resumed with unprecedented violenceâ . But the unresolved differences between Portal, Harris, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, who favoured attacking enemy communications above all, remained, say the authors â a tragic deadlockâ .Probably the darkest shadow hanging over the final months of the air offensive, however, was the massive raid on Dresden in Februrary 1944. In this attack, made by the RAF by night and the USAF by day, many thousands of civilians died and the city centre was totally razed. Dresden was, and remains, hugely controversial, and was even criticised by Churchill, although, as the authors point out: â it was he himself who contributed much of the incentive to carry it outâ . Despite such clashes and controversies however, as the authors insist, the actual operations were â an undoubted triumphâ and the war in Europe ended with Harrisâ s aim achieved: a devastated Germany with her industrial productivity destroyed and the centres of her cities in ruins. With 14 maps and 29 photographs.
Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845743865ISBN 13: 9781845743864
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint HB. The theme of this first of four volumes of the official British history of the Second World War devoted to the RAFâ s strategic bomber offensive against Germany is in its sub-title â Preparationâ . Beginning with the lessons learned from air bombing in its infancy during the Great War, the authors divide their book into three parts: strategy; operations; appreciations and results. No aspect of Britainâ s role in the war, as the authors acknowledge in their preface, has been and remains more controversial than the air war against German cities. These books, the product of ten yearsâ research, are an essential repository of facts, based on official documents - then still secret - in the archives of the Cabinet Office, the Air Ministry and Bomber Command. Other papers on which this account is based include the official despatches of the Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, the writings and interrogations of Germanyâ s armaments minister, Albert Speer, and papers from the Air Historical Branch. In addition to written sources, the authors consulted many of the air chiefs, scientists and other officials who directed and led the offensive. - including those of the USAF.From an initial reluctance to bomb German forests because they were private property, Britainâ s bombing offensive, one of the few weapons available to it in the dark early days of the war, escalated after the battles of France and Britain and the opening of the Luftwaffeâ s Blitz on Britain, from precision targets to mass area bombing of cities. This book takes the story up to the opening of 1943 with the first thousand bomber raids, the creation of the Pathfinder Force, and the beginning of daylight bombing. The narrative is accompanied by diagrams, six maps and 20 photos of the leading figures behind the offensive, the aircraft involved, and â before and afterâ pictures of the raids and their results. This calm, dispassionate book is essential reading for all who are interested in a subject which remains burningly relevant in the 21st century.
Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845743873ISBN 13: 9781845743871
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint HB. 1943 was the watershed year for Bomber Commandâ s ever-escalating strategic air offensive against Germany. As the authors of this second in the four-volume official history of the bomber offensive point out, in the first three months of that year the average number of bombers available to the RAF for operations against Germany almost doubled from 500 to 974, including nearly 600 of the new, fast and heavy Lancaster bombers. At the same time, British aircrew were augmented by the Dominions - chiefly Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders. By January 1945, 46 percent of Bomber Commandâ s pilots came from the Dominions - over half of them Canadians. 1943 was also the year when the USAF joined the offensive, and, although their unescorted daylight raids on selected targets suffered a fearful casualty toll from German fighters, they set the pattern for future combined Anglo-American operagtions against Germany. The authors also examine the splits that opened up between the three men directing the offensive - Sir Charles Portal, the Chief of Air Staff; Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command; and General Eaker, the head of the Eighth US Air Force. The Americans advocated strict selection of targets, while Harris backed all-out area attacks on such targets as Hamburg, the Ruhr and Berlin. For most of 1943, the authors argue, allied co-operation was replaced by competiton between the two schools of thought. Portalâ s Air Staff eventually backed the Americans, directing Bomber Command to hit targets producing German planes and aircraft parts. One result was the RAFâ s raid on the Schweinfurt ball bearings centre in February 1944. Another precision target examined here was 617 Squadronâ s famous Dambusters raid. As effective long-range allied fighters came into service to protect the US day bombers, the Combined Allied bomber offensive really began in early 1944.However, hopes that bombing alone would be enough to cripple the German war effort proved, the authors admit, â completely abortiveâ . In fact German armamants production actually â increased by leaps and boundsâ under the skilful direction of armaments minister Albert Speer. As a result, the book concludes with an attempt by the authors to gauge the effects of Harrisâ area bombing offensive. Well Illustrated with 15 maps and 35 photographs of aircrew, aircraft, bomb damage etc.
Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845743881ISBN 13: 9781845743888
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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2006 N&M Press reprint HB. This, the third in the four volumes of the British Official History of the Second World War dealing with Bomber Commandâ s air offensive against Germany, covers the final year of the offensive: from April1944 to May 1945. It is a story of growing allied strength and technical effectiveness. In July 1944, more than 5,000 RAF and USAF bombers were raining down bombs on Germany from their bases in Britain and Italy. In March 1944, the peak month, the RAF alone dropped more than 67,000 tons of bombs, and the Allies between them more than 130,000 tons. Yet all this was achieved against a background of continued controversy among the Allied air chiefs over the purpose of the bombing . The old squabbles over whether precision or general area bombing should be the main aim re-opened now that the allies had the capacity to do either, both at night and in daylight.In addition the allied offensive was, from early 1944 onwards, increasingly subjected to the needs of â Operation Overlordâ - the invasion of German-occupied Europe. As well as pounding the industrial heart of Germany to achive air superiority; disruption of German production and a slump in German civilian morale; the RAF and USAF were expected to prepare for, and subsequently support, the invasion. Despite this diversion, as Bomber Command switched to devastating the French railway system, relentless attacks on Germany went on - particulalry on oil production. But the head of Bomber Command, Sir Arthur Harris, continued to insist on the primacy of area bombing of German cities, in the teeth of growing doubts among Sir Charles Portalâ s Air Staff, and in October 1944, write the authors, â the strategic air offensive was resumed with unprecedented violenceâ . But the unresolved differences between Portal, Harris, and Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, who favoured attacking enemy communications above all, remained, say the authors â a tragic deadlockâ .Probably the darkest shadow hanging over the final months of the air offensive, however, was the massive raid on Dresden in Februrary 1944. In this attack, made by the RAF by night and the USAF by day, many thousands of civilians died and the city centre was totally razed. Dresden was, and remains, hugely controversial, and was even criticised by Churchill, although, as the authors point out: â it was he himself who contributed much of the incentive to carry it outâ . Despite such clashes and controversies however, as the authors insist, the actual operations were â an undoubted triumphâ and the war in Europe ended with Harrisâ s aim achieved: a devastated Germany with her industrial productivity destroyed and the centres of her cities in ruins. With 14 maps and 29 photographs.
Published by Imperial War Museum
Seller: The Military History Bookshop, Folkestone, United Kingdom
(Subject: Aviation - World War II ) An Imperial War Museum reprint of the Official History written by Sir Charles Webster and Noble Frankland, originally published in 1961. This volume deals with strategic operations between March, 1944 and May, 1945 (Published: 1998) (Publisher: Imperial War Museum) (Pagination: ix + 345pp, maps, photos) (Condition: New) UL-XXXXXX.
Published by H.M.S.O., 1961
Seller: Blacklock's Rare Books (est 1988), Egham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. A little edge worn, dustwrapper also a little edge worn. Dustwrapper spine browned with small loss at head. No less than 4 bookplates. 1 belonging to Ian Spaven (R.A.F. navigator and bomb aimer) and 3 different ones of Michael Varley. A research copy with numerous pages added printed from the internet, probably by Varley. Some tipped in to compliment the text. Statistics sheets and some annotation to the text. A useful copy to someone engaged in R.A.F. research. A wealth of information. Crown octavo, 530 pages, 1.3 kilos. Very heavy, probably best ordered within the U.K.?.
Published by HMSO
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good condition complete 4 volume set. All volumes are Ex-Library and have present and intact dust jackets. Some minor tan is present to page edges and jackets have some soiling and small scuffs to edges.Usual library stamps and stickers.
Published by HMSO, 1961
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Published by H. M. S. O. London 1961, 1961
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition orig. cloth Very Good octavo xiii + 530pp., appends., Inc. minutes, memoranda, operational orders & reports from the key figures involved in directing the air war: Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris, Sir John Dill, Sir Charles Portal & Lord Trenchard. Also important papers from Germany, including police reports on the Hamburg firestorm, personal reports from Armaments MInister Speer to Hitler on the results of the RAF blitz on German oil & fuel production in June 1944. The book also contains fascinating facts and figures on losses to aircrew, tonnage of bombs dropped, the RAF's order of battle and estimates of damage & civilian casualties. This book gives the hard facts on which any conclusions about Britain's air offensive must ultimately be based.
Published by HMSO, 1961
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
1st Ed. 4 vols. Large 8vo. 3 port. frontiss., 35 maps including many folding, 84 ills. from photos. Ownership signature in all vols., original gilt lettered cloth rubbed to vols. 3 and 4, vols. 1 and 2 in very lightly browned and sl. chipped d/ws., vols. 3 and 4 in poor facsimile copies of a vol. 2 d/w. History of the Second World War, United Kingdam Military Series. Additional postage may be necessary US$105.
Published by Naval & Military Press Ltd, 2006
ISBN 10: 1845744365ISBN 13: 9781845744366
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United Kingdom
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SB FOUR VOLUMES.Published Price £100 VOLUME I: PREPARATION. PARTS 1, 2 AND 3.First of four volumes of the official history of the Second World War on the ever-controversial subject of Bomber Commandâ s strategic air offensive against German cities. This takes the story up to the beginning of 1943.Volume II: Endeavour. Part 4The second of four volumes of Britainâ s official history of the Second World War devoted to Bomber Commandâ s air offensive against Germany. The book examines Anglo-American conflict in 1943 over whether to concentrate on precision or general bombing, and the Dambustersâ raid.VOLUME III: VICTORY. PART 5The official history of the final year of the strategic air offensive against Germany. Contains an assessment of the controversial bombing of Dresden and accounts of the clashes among the allied air chiefs over their aims.VOLUME IV. Annexes and Appendices.
Published by London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 322 pages, illustrations, maps. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Military history. 20th century Military history. 1 Kg.
Published by London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
1st Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 322 pages, illustrations, maps. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American. Military history. 20th century Military history. 1 Kg.