Night Day Bomber Offensive

Author : Philip Kaplan,Jack Currie
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783460519

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Night & Day Bomber Offensive by Philip Kaplan,Jack Currie Pdf

For much of World War II England provided the only western European base from which the British and American air forces could take the war into Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany itself. The American Eighth and Ninth Air Forces struck enemy targets by day at great distances, often on raids of eight or nine hours duration, while the RAF flew most of its demanding missions at night.This highly illustrated book will convey what it was like for pilots, aircrew and ground crew during their wartime service. It not only takes the reader on typical USAAF and RAF raids, but it also depicts the work of the mechanics and fitters as they struggled to keep battered aircraft airworthy, how the medics coped with the countless wounded who returned from the raids and looks at where the airmen relaxed within the various bases or in the local villages and towns. It will include period and later images of the bases, the aircraft, memorials and relevant locations in Britain, France and Germany. It will be a vivid and powerful human expression of the bomber airmen's wartime experience.

Author : Noble Frankland
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021833004

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Bomber Offensive by Noble Frankland Pdf

An illustrated history of the allied forces in charge of destroying German war machines.

Author : Robin Neillands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89075597096

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The Bomber War by Robin Neillands Pdf

"In this book, Robin Neillands examines every detail of the campaign: the strengths and fundamental flaws in doctrine, the technical difficulties and developments from night-time navigation through bomb-aiming to fighter escort, and above all the day-by-day, night-by-night endurance of the crews, flying to the limit in discomfort and danger, facing flak and enemy fighters, and well aware of their likely fate if shot down. Oral history plays a key part in this account; it is illuminated throughout by the personal experiences not only of British but of American, Australian, Canadian and other Allied fliers as well, and also of German aircrew and civilians."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783463046

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Combined Round the Clock Bombing Offensive: Attacking Nazi Germany by Philip Kaplan Pdf

In World War Two, the most effective fighting units were usually small Ð submarine crews, infantry platoons, commandos, and bomber crews. Of these it could be said that the men who crewed the bombers caused more damage to the enemy and had a greater impact on the outcome of the conflict than any number of the rest. Most of the aircrews were volunteers (in the RAF, they all were), intelligent, fit, and highly trained. Each knew he was essential to the team; he knew that a mistake by anyone could mean the death of all. Their interdependence was a welding influence. ??This library of rare archive photography provides a pictorial history with which to better understand the true extent of Allied operations during the second half of the Second World War, after America had fused its allegiance and the Allied contingent fired itself up for a reactionary attack against Nazi Germany, following a series of defeats and setbacks at their hands during the first half of the war. ??First-hand accounts from both American and British bomber pilots feature. An account of the dramatic attack at Peenemunde is included as well as a host of accounts of the 3 December 1943 RAF bombing raid on Berlin. They work to create a real sense of precisely what 'round the clock' actually meant, as these concentrated attacks drained pilots of every ounce of energy they possessed.

Author : Arthur Harris
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473812604

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Bomber Offensive by Arthur Harris Pdf

The Royal Air Force commander of bombing operations during WWII offers an insider’s view of his legendary career in this classic military memoir. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris remains a controversial figure in the history of the RAF. While many vilify him for his merciless carpet bombing of Germany, others believe that his contributions to Allied victory are grossly undervalued. In Bomber Offensive, Harris candidly describes how he led the men of Bomber Command in the face of appalling casualties, his fierce disagreements with higher authority, and the complicated relationship he had with Winston Churchill. Written soon after the close of the Second World War, Harris's memoirs reveals the man behind the Allied bombing offensive that destroyed the Nazi war machine, but also many beautiful and historic cities, such as Dresden. His defense of these total war tactics stands in stark contrast to modern military policy, which considers such indiscriminate killing a war crime.

Author : Sir Charles Kingsley Webster,Noble Frankland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015066445837

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The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany by Sir Charles Kingsley Webster,Noble Frankland Pdf

Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473861138

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The Heavy Bomber Offensive of WWII by Martin W. Bowman Pdf

This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of air-crew during the various bombing operations of the Second World War. The storytellers are an eclectic mix of pilots, navigators, bomb aimers, wireless operators and gunners who flew on operations in heavy bombers. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, often catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the machine airborne on the return trip to base. It tells of the comradeship between the crew and the humour between them, often borne of fear. The gentle and unassuming narratives include 'Millennium'; 'One of Our Aircraft Is Missing'; Bomber's Moon; 'Bombing Berlin' 'The Ordeal Of Pilot Officer Romans DFC'; Last Man Out' operations on Whitleys and Halifaxes; Flying Officer 'X'; Stirlings; 'Rescue At Sea' 'The Incendiary Load's Alight'; 'The Night Of The Bombs' and 'The Kassel Raids of 1943' as well as BBC Broadcasts and stories by Allied war correspondents. Each of these accounts conveys the sense of purpose that these men felt in doing one of the most dangerous jobs of the war. It is a fitting tribute to those that survived and the many thousands who died in the struggle against Hitler's dreadful ambitions in Europe.

Author : Robert Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002288978

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Storm from the Skies by Robert Jackson Pdf

Author : Robin Neillands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bombing, Aerial
ISBN : 0719556449

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The Bomber War by Robin Neillands Pdf

The bomber campaign was the most controversial of World War II. Did it help bring Germany to her knees? Was the RAF wrong to bomb cities? Did the USAAF really attack only military targets? Was anything achieved but the death of women and children? If not, are the bombers - and especially Sir Arthur Harris - war criminals? Or were all means justified against the Nazis?;Robin Neillands examines every detail of the campaign, and also the day-by-day, night-by-night endurance of the crews, flying to the limit, well aware of their fate if shot down. He draws on the personal experiences of not only British but of American, Australian, Canadian and other Allied fliers as well, and also of German aircrew and civilians.;Neillands also examines the moral issues, and the case against Harris in particular. This text aims to contribute to the history of conflict; the age of freefall bombs has passed, but veterans are still alive to state their case, and to tell a new generation what their war was like.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1940-07
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015080009437

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The Aeroplane by Anonim Pdf

Author : Noble Frankland
Publisher : London, Faber
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Air warfare
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033700993

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The Bombing Offensive Against Germany by Noble Frankland Pdf

A study of the decisions and circumstances governing the strategic air offensive against Germany in the Second World War.

Author : John Grehan,Martin Mace
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473835016

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Bomber Harris by John Grehan,Martin Mace Pdf

The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Command's effort was what was defined as 'area' bombing, in which whole cities or districts were targeted. The ultimate aim of an attack on a town area, Sir Arthur Harris wrote in one of his despatches, is to break the morale of the population which occupies it ... namely, to produce (i) destruction and (ii) fear of death.This strategy was so successful it almost brought Germany to the point of collapse until Churchill, worried about the devastation it was causing and the number of civilian deaths which resulted, ordered it to cease.Harris' despatches explain in great detail the success of his methods which, if given full reign, may have brought the war to a speedier conclusion but would have meant even more German casualties. Such was the controversy surrounding Bomber Command's operations, Harris' despatches were not published by the government, even though the despatches of every other branch of the armed services, and all of their operations, were made public. The full text of Harris' despatches is reproduced here along with an explanation why these documents were withheld for so many years.

Author : An Official History
Publisher : Air World
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526790880

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Bomber Command's War Against Germany by An Official History Pdf

“The internal RAF analysis of the different phases of the air war and what lessons could be learnt from those campaigns.” —Royal Aeronautical Society website When the RAF’s Bomber Command analyzed the results of their precision bombing efforts during the early years of World War II, a growing body of evidence indicated that the great “knockout” blow expected to be delivered from the air was a fantasy. It would only be through a prolonged campaign of attrition that the enemy could be worn down to such a degree that morale, the means of production and the infrastructure of the enemy would be degraded to the point where its fighting ability was crippled. The result of this assessment was a change of policy from precision bombing of carefully identified key installations, to area bombing with the declared intent of striking at the homes of the German workers, the factories where they worked regardless of the nature of such establishments or of the civilian casualties that would be the inevitable consequence. In compiling this official analysis of the effectiveness of the RAF’s strategic bombing campaign, the author was granted unrestricted access to Air Ministry, Cabinet and other relevant departmental documents that were maintained for internal government use, enabling him to gain a complete and unbiased assessment of the contribution made by Bomber Command to the defeat of Germany. The conclusion he draws fully justifies the decisions taken, by both Britain and the USA, to bomb the German people into surrender.

Author : Philip Kaplan
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783462896

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Allied Bombing Raids: Hittiing Back at the Heart of Germany by Philip Kaplan Pdf

The pilots and combined bombing forces of the Second World War are revered for a host of reasons. Their bravery when cast against the odds, their resilience and determination under fire, and the startling extent of their combined achievements towards the collective end of Allied victory have all been noted and celebrated in a variety of ways since the end of the conflict. Kaplan adds to this celebratory tradition by drawing together an intriguing collection of wartime archive photography in an attempt to illustrate the early stages of the conflict. ??Before America joined the war against Nazi Germany, the RAF aircrews (many of which were volunteers) were tasked with responding to a unique set of demands in an attempt to hit back at the destructive heart of the enemy. The welding influence of a war which saw teams of young pilots teamed aboard a range of imposing bomber aircraft (including the mighty Boeing B-17), fused a collective resolve and determination that would develop yet further throughout the course of the conflict. The images on display here offer a wealth of insight into this dramatic time.

Author : Anthony Verrier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Bombardment
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033701041

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The Bomber Offensive by Anthony Verrier Pdf