03403nam 2200577 a 450 991051420120332120191129132924.01-61058-863-0(CKB)2550000001122700(EBL)3399919(SSID)ssj0000980727(PQKBManifestationID)12487222(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000980727(PQKBWorkID)10958712(PQKB)10958483(MiAaPQ)EBC3399919(EXLCZ)99255000000112270020130426e20131979 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBomber command[electronic resource] /Max Hastings ; [editors, Erik Gilg and Madeleine Vasaly]Minneapolis, Minn. Zenith Press, an imprint of MBI Pub. Co.20131 online resource (400 p.)Zenith military classicsFirst published in 1979 by Michael Joseph Limited, a division of Penguin Group.0-7603-4520-1 1-299-93558-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- Norfolk and Heligoland bight, 18 December 1939 -- In the beginning, Trenchard: British bomber policy, 1917-40 -- Squadron, Norfolk, 1940-41 -- Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940-41 -- Crisis of confidence, 1941-42 -- The coming of area bombing, 1942 -- Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942 -- Harris conducts an overture -- Operations -- Protest and policy, 1942-43 -- Dissent -- Casablanca-the airmen victorious -- The tools of darkness -- Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943 -- The Ruhr -- Hamburg -- Courage -- The other side of the hill: Germany 1940-44 -- The destruction -- The defenses -- Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire -- Conflict and compromise, 1943-44 -- The battle of Berlin -- The American breakthrough -- Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944 -- "A quiet trip all round": Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944 -- Saturation -- The balance sheet -- Appendix A: Bomber command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939-45 -- Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939-45 -- Appendix C: -- The target indicator board at Bomber Command HQ, High Wycombe, at the beginning of February 1945 -- Appendix D: Comparison of British and German production of selected armaments, 1940-44 -- Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by bomber command, 1942-45 -- Appendix F: Comparison of Allied and German aircraft production, 1939-45.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesGreat BritainWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillageGermanyGermanyHistory1933-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, British.World War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesWorld War, 1939-1945Destruction and pillage940.5/44/941Hastings Max1945-519789Gilg Erik1072247Vasaly Madeleine1072248MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910514201203321Bomber command2568555UNINA