Bomber Command
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Bomber Command
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Narrated by:
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Barnaby Edwards
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By:
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Max Hastings
About this listen
With an introduction read by Max Hastings. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War.
More than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night. Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documnets, letters, diaries, and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command is his classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the war. Max Hastings, author of over 20 books, has been editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Evening Standard. He has received many awards for his journalism and was knighted in 2002.
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One truly awe inspiring part is the detailed story of a bombing as experienced by its victims.
Highly recommended.
First of a long series of truly exceptional books
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If you enjoy this one it's worth noting that Hastings' Das Reich offers an interesting follow up to the sections of this book that deal with the furious debates within the Allied Command about how air power could best support D-Day forces. They work well as a double bill.
Masterful Military History
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What a very strange war those young (very young) men had, and just how strange is expertly explored in this excellent book that covers everyone from the tail gunner freezing in his turret, right up to Harris and Churchill, throughout the six years of the war. The story is based on a number of case studies of specific squadrons at different phases of the war, I'm not sure I entirely care for this approach, but there is enough of an over-view at all times not to lose the bigger picture. And it does allow for the telling of revealing and moving stories of the boys who flew, fought and died in this surreal form of warfare.
There's also a particularly fascinating chapter that looks at the campaign from the German POV, their assessment and responses to the fluctuations in tactics and fortunes of bomber command during the war. Looking at the "other side of the fence" is something many historians do not concern themselves with, and this book is better and more enlightening because Hastings made the effort to do so.
He also unflinchingly explores the military effectiveness of the bomber offensive. And whether you end up thinking it was worth the human cost or not, you'll come away with much better information on which to base a judgement.
The narrator is also good.
They accidentally bombed fighter command. . . . .
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Great detailed and frank history of Bomber Command. Fascinating to understand what drove the strategy and the men who carried it out.What about Barnaby Edwards’s performance did you like?
Brilliantly performedMust read for anyone interested in bomber command
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