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Max Hasting's classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the Second World War.
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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.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Max Hastings gives a balanced and unbiased account of the efforts of Bomber Command to strike a decisive blow against Nazi Germany. Thoroughly researched, with eyewitness accounts on both sides, Hastings does not flinch from describing the horrors of aerial war in graphic detail. The bravery and dedication of the volunteer RAF airmen is never in doubt and the suffering experienced by bombed German civilians is treated sympathetically and with due dignity.
The advances in British and German technology are well explained and help emphasise the struggle Bomber Command were up against, especially against the German night fighters. Many unanswered questions remain at the end of this book, none more puzzling than the decision not to award Bomber Command airmen a campaign medal.
The advances in British and German technology are well explained and help emphasise the struggle Bomber Command were up against, especially against the German night fighters. Many unanswered questions remain at the end of this book, none more puzzling than the decision not to award Bomber Command airmen a campaign medal.
54 of 57 people found the following review helpful
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...Yes, the campaign was costly, and yes, it was cruel, in tems of the number of Allied airmen who lost their lives. But pointless? No, and to say it was, does nothing but trivialise the huge loss of life endured by those who served in Bomber Command. The book itself is one of the more accurate portrayals of Bomber Command, and should be on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in the subject. Sometimes brutally honest, and portraying facts that we might not like to admit, it nevertheless gives the whole story. We must not forget that Bomber Command provided us with the ONLY way to strike directly at Germany from June 1940 until June 1944, and the author readily acknowledges this fact when detailing occasions when things went wrong. Non-sensationalist and factual, overall, a good, recommended, buy.
41 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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I always think of Max Hastings as that bloke on Question Time with the pinstripe suits that have the stripes just a little too wide.
Pity he has to waste his time with all that journalism, his real forte is military history and I think he should stick to it.
This is an extremely good book that manages to convey the appalling unreality that must have been the lot of bomber crews who knew they only had a few months to live - at best and yet conveys a proper appreciation of 'Bomber' Harris and his vital role in maintaining British morale when all we had to hit back at the Germans were the bombing raids of dubious accuracy and effectiveness. The sense of theatre that Harris brought to the job - with his 1,000 bomber raids and his uncompromising public statements - is well chronicled here.
But when Hastings describes the carnage of the raid at Darmstadt - a really boring little raid by Bomber Command standards - you feel real revulsion about what was done in the name of freedom.
Great stuff. Well worth buying.
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Bomber Command
Well balanced and enjoyable.
Hastings highlights the detachment of those of the High Command from the effects of their decisions both on crews and the enemy. Read more
Hastings highlights the detachment of those of the High Command from the effects of their decisions both on crews and the enemy. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Edward gough
Masterly work as ever from Sir Max
Max Hastings was a good newspaper editor who has carved out a later career as an excellent historian. Read more
Published 3 months ago by John Fareham
The most comprehensive book about Bomber Command
Outstanding book. I already knew a excellent writer about Bomber Command, Mr Martin Middlebrook. Now I've met another. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Duarte Manuel Simoes
Bomber Command
Not to give this 5 stars would be silly. Max H focuses on key aspects of Bomber Command--particular people, particular strategies, particular raids. Read more
Published 15 months ago by a flynn
The role and limitations of air power in WWII
Bomber Command is a masterpiece, an in depth study of strategic bombing in WWII by the RAF. From the opening days of 1939, when Bomber Command was limited to largely dropping... Read more
Published 15 months ago by John Middleton
A superb analysis of Bomber Command in WWII
As usual Max Hastings provides a superb explanation of the role of Bomber Command during WWII. Highly recommended read as are all his other similar books. Read more
Published 19 months ago by bknewhaven
bomber command
A good read but would have prefered a larger version, the printing of this copy is quite small which I found was a problem.
Published 19 months ago by eugene
A Truly Definitive Analysis
I concur totally with everything that has been said by previous reviewers about this truly remarkable and definitive analysis of Bomber Command strategy during the Second World... Read more
Published 21 months ago by AirFrance747
A Grandslam Of A Book!
Once again, Max Hastings has hit the target 'right on the chin,' with his superb account of the RAF's strategic bombing campaign. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2010 by P. J. Clarke
The Bomber Boys
An excellent book that tells about the lives, loves, fears and sorties of the much-maligned men of Bomber Command in WWII. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2010 by Mr. M. W. Wabe
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