Title: Bombing the European Axis powers : a historical digest of the combined bomber offensive, 1939-1945 /
Authors: Davis, Richard G.
Publisher: Air University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: United States. History; Great Britain. History; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations Statistics.; Bombing, Aerial Europe History.; Bombers History.
Abstract: In Bombing the European Axis Powers Dr. Richard G. Davis, currently a division chief for the US Army Center for Military History, provides a detailed chronological narrative of the Anglo-American strategic bomber offensive against Hitler₂s Germany, his European allies, and German-occupied territory. Davis also includes several in-depth discussions covering such topics as the evacuation of Sicily, Allied airpower and the Holocaust, the bombing of Dresden, and overall Anglo-American policy concerning city-area bombing. A CD-ROM on inside back cover contains a spreadsheet key and seven Excel worksheets that chronicle bombing data from 1939 through 1945.