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Bomber Command

Max Hastings ·1979 ·484 pages ·★ 4.6WarBooks rating
Popular History Intermediate Mixed
🇬🇧 British

The RAF's night offensive against Germany — 55,000 aircrew dead, German cities in ashes, and the question of what it achieved.

Why Read This Book

The book that made Hastings's name and the first to weigh the campaign honestly: the crews' extraordinary courage against the strategy's moral and military costs.

Events Covered

1945 Bombing of Dresden Dresden, Germany

Where to Buy

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ISBN: 978-0760345207

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