The Bombing Offensive Against Germany

Author : Randall Hansen
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307372383

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Fire and Fury by Randall Hansen Pdf

National Bestseller An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II–an essential addition to our understanding of world history. During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pilots dead. Much of the bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the Allied military leadership. Hundreds of thousands of people died needlessly. Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, and using a compelling narrative approach, Fire and Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing campaign through the eyes of those involved: military and civilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, aircrew in the sky, and civilians on the ground. Acclaimed historian Randall Hansen shows that the Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, was wedded to an outdated strategy whose success had never been proven; how area bombing not only failed to win the war, it probably prolonged it; and that the US campaign, which was driven by a particularly American fusion of optimism and morality, played an important and largely unrecognized role in delivering Allied victory.

Author : Sir Charles Kingsley Webster,Noble Frankland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015007028056

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

Author : Noble Frankland
Publisher : London, Faber
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,7 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 : Sir Charles Kingsley Webster,Noble Frankland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : MINN:31951001784833D

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

Author : Sir Charles Kingsley Webster,Noble Frankland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105007515070

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

Author : Igor Primoratz
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bombing, Aerial
ISBN : 1845456874

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Terror from the Sky by Igor Primoratz Pdf

In this first interdisciplinary study of this contentious subject, leading experts in politics, history, and philosophy examine the complex aspects of the terror bombing of German cities during World War II. The contributors address the decision to embark on the bombing campaign, the moral issues raised by the bombing, and the main stages of the campaign and its effects on German civilians as well as on Germany's war effort. The book places the bombing campaign within the context of the history of air warfare, presenting the bombing as the first stage of the particular type of state terrorism that led to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and brought about the Cold War era "balance of terror." In doing so, it makes an important contribution to current debates about terrorism. It also analyzes the public debate in Germany about the historical, moral, and political significance of the deliberate killing of up to 600,000 German civilians by the British and American air forces. This pioneering collaboration provides a platform for a wide range of views--some of which are controversial--on a highly topical, painful, and morally challenging subject.

Author : Norman Longmate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008585625

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The Bombers by Norman Longmate Pdf

Author : Robin Neillands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 51,6 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 : Senior Research Fellow Charles Webster,Sir Charles Webster Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1845743865

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Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany by Senior Research Fellow Charles Webster,Sir Charles Webster Staff Pdf

The theme of this first of four volumes of the official British history of the Second World War devoted to the RAF s strategic bomber offensive against Germany is in its sub-title Preparation . 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 Britain 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 years 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 Germany 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, Britain 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 Luftwaffe 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 before and after 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.

Author : An Official History
Publisher : Air World
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Arthur Harris
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844152100

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Bomber Offensive by Arthur Harris Pdf

Sir Arthur Harris - Bomber Harris - remains the target of criticism and vilification by many, while others believe the contribution he and his men made to victory is grossly undervalued. He led the men of Bomber Command in the face of appalling casualties, had fierce disagreements with higher authority and enjoyed a complicated relationship with Winston Churchill. Written soon after the close of World War 2, this collection of Sir Arthur Harris's memoirs reveals the man behind the Allied bombing offensive that culminated in the destruction of the Nazi war machine but also many beautiful cities, including Dresden.

Author : Noble Frankland
Publisher : Random House (NY)
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,7 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 : Richard Overy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698151383

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The Bombers and the Bombed by Richard Overy Pdf

The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies fought. The Bombers and the Bombed radically overhauls our understanding of World War II. It pairs the story of the civilian front line in the Allied air war alongside the political context that shaped their strategic bombing campaigns, examining the responses to bombing and being bombed with renewed clarity. The first book to examine seriously not only the well-known attacks on Dresden and Hamburg but also the significance of the firebombing on other fronts, including Italy, where the crisis was far more severe than anything experienced in Germany, this is Richard Overy’s finest work yet. It is a rich reminder of the terrible military, technological, and ethical issues that relentlessly drove all the war’s participants into an abyss.

Author : Hans Rumpf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036549470

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The Bombing of Germany by Hans Rumpf Pdf

Inspector general of fire prevention for Germany during World War 2 joins the Allies who question the bombing of enemy cities.

Author : Arthur Harris
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,9 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.