Author: OVERY, RICHARD. Title: Bomber Command 1939 - 45. With an introduction by Marshal Of The RAF Sir Michael Beetham.
Description: First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. 224; illustrated frontispiece and title page, text illustrated with numerous b/w. photographs, 2 full page maps, bibliography, index, bound in original black cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, very good copy. Hammersmith; Harper Collins Publishers; 1997. The author describes how the bomber force evolved from the dark days of 1940 to the massed assault on Berlin. He assesses how far the bombing campaign contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Did the sacrifice of 55,000 British, and Commonwealth and Allied airmen shorten the war?
Keywords: gmil military general england second world war ww2 history bomber command
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