Operation Gomorrah
Subtitle: the Hamburg firestorm raids
By: Gordon Musgrove.
Publisher: Jane's
Published: 1981
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Hamburg.; Hamburg (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945.
Description: "Operation Gomorrah was RAF Bomber Command's attempt in 1943 to obliterate Hamburg, Germany's great northern port city. The bombers returned night after night, pulverising what was already rubble, whipping up a terrible firestorm and creating a holocaust so appalling that rescuers could only watch, helpless, from outside the city. An estimated 42,000 people died and 22 square kilometres of the city were incinerated."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.