Drawing on the memories of over 400 people involved, this is an account of the night Bomber Command attacked a research facility in Peenemunde, Germany; the site where Hitler's scientists were developing the V-1 and V-2 rockets. While the bombing "crept back" from its primary targets and caused civilian casualties, and with a cloudless sky the British bombers presented an easy target for the German night-fighters, the attack was deemed, on balance, a success and proved the worth of new Bomber Command tactics and technology.

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Following his first book, The First Day on the Somme, Martin Middlebrook has published a series of books on major turning points in the two World Wars - all classics of military history.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A readable account of a single RAF bombing raid on Germany., 6 Mar 2000

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Making heavy use of original interview material, Middlebrook's style in the telling of this story will be familiar to those who have read his other books, e.g. The Nuremburg Raid, or those on WWI by Lyn Macdonald. I found I wanted more from the book than the wordy, unironic narrative style allowed and came to regard the author as something of a 'trainspotting' historian, the word 'interesting' appearing a little too often. Nonetheless, the book paints a vivid and grim picture of a single raid to destroy the German rocket development plant. For a modern analysis of RAF Bomber Command's actions and development in WWII I recommend 'Bomber Command' by Max Hastings.

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