Journey's end
Subtitle: Bomber Command's battle from Arnhem to Dresden and beyond
By: Kevin Wilson
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780297858218; 9780297858232
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command; Luftkrieg; British Aerial operations; British; Campaigns; Great Britain; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial Military operations; Military campaigns; History
Description: In February 1945, British and American bombers rained down thousands of tons of incendiaries on the city of Dresden, creating one of the greatest firestorms in history. Their bombs killed an estimated 25,000 people, and wiped one of the most beautiful cities in Europe from the map. The controversy that erupted shortly afterwards, and which continues to this day, has long overshadowed the other events of the bomber war, and blighted the memory of the young men who gave their lives to fight in the skies over Germany. This book does not seek to condemn the bombing of Dresden, nor to excuse it, but simply to put it in its proper context as a particularly devastating set of raids in a much larger campaign.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 434-438) and index.
Table of contents: title: A new age of warfare; title: From attrition to precision; title: Ruining the Ruhr again; title: Bloody bochum; title: A torch to the oil; title: A bitter season to be merry; title: Fire and ice; title: Tracking the future; title: The making of Ash Wednesday; title: Record and revenge; title: Sting of the mosquito; title: Breaking the chain; title: Night of the intruder; title: A cold silent killer; title: Old targets, new loses; title: Oil, toil and trouble; title: One war ends, another begins; title: The long day closes; title: Deliverance by bomber; title: Finale.