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050 4 _aD786 -- .H33 2013eb
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100 1 _aHastings, Max.
245 1 0 _aBomber Command.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOsceola :
_bQuarto Publishing Group USA,
_c2013.
264 4 _c©2013.
300 _a1 online resource (571 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aZenith Military Classics Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue: Norfolk and Heligoland Bight, 18 December 1939 -- Chapter I: In the Beginning, Trenchard: British Bomber Policy, 1917-40 -- Chapter II: 82 Squadron, Norfolk, 1940-41 -- Chapter III: 10 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940-41 -- Chapter IV: Crisis of Confidence, 1941-42 -- Chapter V: The Coming of Area Bombing, 1942 -- Chapter VI: 50 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942 -- 1. Harris Conducts an Overture -- 2. Operations -- Chapter VII: Protest and Policy, 1942-43 -- 1. Dissent -- 2. Casablanca-The Airmen Victorious -- 3. The Tools of Darkness -- Chapter VIII: 76 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943 -- 1. The Ruhr -- 2. Hamburg -- 3. Courage -- Chapter IX: The Other Side of the Hill: Germany 1940-44 -- 1. The Destruction -- 2. The Defenses -- Chapter X: Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire -- Chapter XI: Conflict and Compromise, 1943-44 -- 1. The Battle of Berlin -- 2. The American Breakthrough -- Chapter XII: Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944 -- Chapter XIII: "A Quiet Trip All Round": Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944 -- Chapter XIV: Saturation -- Chapter XV: The Balance Sheet -- Appendix A: Bomber Command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939-45 -- Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939-45 -- Appendix C: The Target Indicator Board at Bomber Command HQ, High Wycombe, at the beginning of February 1945 -- Appendix D: Comparison of British and German production of selected armaments, 1940-44 -- Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by Bomber Command, 1942-45 -- Appendix F: Comparison of Allied and German aircraft production, 1939-45 -- Bibliography and a note on sources -- Notes and references -- Glossary of ranks, abbreviations and codenames -- Acknowledgments.
505 8 _aIndex -- Dedication -- Photo Insert -- Copyright Page.
520 _aBomber Command is Sir Max Hastings' classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of World War II: the British air offensive against the cities of Nazi Germany.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aGreat Britain. -- Royal Air Force. -- Bomber Command -- History.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany.
650 0 _aGermany -- History -- 1933-1945.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHastings, Max
_tBomber Command
_dOsceola : Quarto Publishing Group USA,c2013
_z9780760345207
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aZenith Military Classics Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3399919
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