by Martin Middlebrook (Author)
Martin Middlebrook enjoys an international reputation with his superbly researched, compelling accounts of major turning points in the two World Wars. An absorbing account of the biggest bombing offensive in World War Two, based on the accounts of those who experienced it on both sides - in the air and on the ground.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: New ed of "Berlin Raids: Royal Air Force Bomber Command Winter, 1943-44"
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 30 Mar 2000
ISBN 10: 0304353477
ISBN 13: 9780304353477
Book Overview: Between August 1943 and March 1944 the RAF flew over 10,000 sorties and dropped over 30,000 tons of bombs on Berlin. But Berlin was not destroyed and the RAF lost more than 600 aircraft and their crews. Martin Middlebrook meticulously reconstructs the course of this battle, using his interviews with over 400 people, including the people of Berlin and Luftwaffe crews. He brings together the stories of both sides to form a total picture of those grim, heroic and terrifying days.