Death from the skies: how the British and Germans survived bombing in World War II
by Suss, Dietmar 1973-; Sharpe, Lesley 1952-; Noakes, Jeremy.
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BookPublisher: Oxford University Press 2014ISBN: 9780199668519; 0199668515.Classification number: 940.544 S?c23Uniform titles: Tod aus der Luft English.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British | World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German | Bombing, Aerial -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th centurySubject: The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although the destruction of 1940-1 was never repeated on the same scale, fears that Hitler possessed a secret weapon of mass destruction never entirely died, and were partially realized in the VI and V2 raids of 1944-5. The British and American response to the 'Blitz', especially from 1943 onwards, was massive and incomparably more devastating. In this book, German historian Dietmar Suss investigates the effects of the bombing on both Britain and Nazi Germany, showing how these two very different societies sought to withstand the onslaught and keep up morale amidst the material devastation and psychological trauma that was visited upon them.
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Translated from the German
Includes bibliographical references and index
The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although the destruction of 1940-1 was never repeated on the same scale, fears that Hitler possessed a secret weapon of mass destruction never entirely died, and were partially realized in the VI and V2 raids of 1944-5. The British and American response to the 'Blitz', especially from 1943 onwards, was massive and incomparably more devastating. In this book, German historian Dietmar Suss investigates the effects of the bombing on both Britain and Nazi Germany, showing how these two very different societies sought to withstand the onslaught and keep up morale amidst the material devastation and psychological trauma that was visited upon them.
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