PEENEMUNDE RAID

MIDDLEBROOK

Published by ALLEN LANE, 1982

About this Item

In hardback dust jacket in mylar cover, Illustrated with photographs Signed by author and navigator engaged on raid On a night in August1943, RAF Bomber Command launched a unique operation to destroy a secret research establishment located at a remote place in Germany. That place was Peenemunde, the cradle of the space age. Here Germany?s most brilliant scientists were developing an advanced form of rocket projectile which Hitler planned to launch in large numbers in order to destroy London and cause the collapse of British morale and resistance. The V-2 rocket, Hitler hoped, would reverse the course of the war and bring him victory. When Allied Intelligence discovered what was afoot, the RAF was ordered to destroy Peenemiinde at whatever risk. The secret raid prepared for this small target had some most unusual features? a moonlight flight which might expose the bomber force to massive German fighter attack, the use of a Master Bomber to direct the operation, and a sophisticated plan for what turned out to be the only precision raid the RAF undertook by night during the whole of the Second World War. Carried out with great gallantry and at heavy cost, it was one of the RAF?s most successful achievements, on a night packed with action and drama. Martin Middlebrook has brought to The Peenemiinde Raid his usual thorough research and authoritative analysis. All aspects of the subject are covered in graphic detail: the experiments at Peenemunde, the lifestyle of the German community and the many foreign workers there, the Intelligence hunt, events at British headquarters, the fortunes of the British and Luftwaffe aircrews, and the experiences of those under attack. The author has traced no less than 437 people involved in the bombing ? 271 British, 123 German, and 43 Polish and otherforced workers?and has woven their personal memories into his narrative with great skill. He brings the whole account vividly alive. This absorbing book on a unique subject is a worthy successor to Martin Middlebrook?s earlier aviation history classics, The Nuremberg Raid and The Battle of Hamburg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PEENEMUNDE RAID
• Publisher: ALLEN LANE
• Publication Date: 1982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)