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Target Berlin: Mission 250 : 6 March 1944 - Couverture souple

Ethell, Jeffrey; Price, Dr. Alfred

 
9781854091642: Target Berlin: Mission 250 : 6 March 1944
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1854091646 ISBN 13 : 9781854091642
Editeur : Weidenfeld Military, 1992

Synopsis

In March 1944 the USAAF set out for Berlin to begin a daylight bombing campaign. The waiting Luftwaffe inflicted the heaviest losses the 8th Air Force was to suffer throughout the air war. Drawing on first-hand accounts by Allied and German personnel, the authors provide an account of this raid.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

On March 6th, 1944 the Americans launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler's reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: sixty-nine heavy bombers and eleven escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. This account of the mission is a compellingly readable, skillfully researched, minute-by-minute description. It is also the first book on the subject to look at events from the perspective of both sides, drawing on material from over 160 USAAF personnel, Luftwaffe pilots, civilians and German flak gunners. Target Berlin captures the excitement and drama of the operation, bringing to the fore the mounting horror of a mission plagued by misfortune, strong defenses and bad luck. The gripping narrative also sheds light on what it was like to be in Berlin as the bombs began to fall.

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Éditeur
Weidenfeld Military
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1854091646
ISBN 13 
9781854091642
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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