Bibliograph

The bombers and the bombed, Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945, Richard Overy

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The bombers and the bombed, Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945, Richard Overy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The bombers and the bombed

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

870304302

Responsibility statement

Richard Overy

Sub title

Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Bombing Bulgaria -- The sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command, 1939-42 -- The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany, 1943-44 -- The "Battle of Germany", 1944-45 -- The logic of total war: German society under the bombs -- Italy: The war of bombs and words -- Bombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new order -- Epilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the postwar world

Target audience

adult

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Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945

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