The Killing Skies

by Read, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781862273290
• ISBN10: 1862273294
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: Spellmount

Summary

"Of the 125,000 airmen who flew with Bomber Command, more than 55,000 perished in Britain's struggle to take the conflict to the enemy. Amidst the carnage and destruction of the Second World War, Bomber Command's efforts to wreck Germany from end to end would emerge as one of the deadliest and most protracted campaigns of the war. Although the bomber offensive was just one facet of Britain's war effort, it has emerged as the nation's most controversial." "To this day, the veterans of Bomber Command remain without a campaign medal, while post-war critics equate their actions with those of war criminals. This book shows that not only was the bomber offensive necessary for Britain's survival, it also played a vital role in the ultimate Allied victory."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

A native Briton, Simon Read lives in the San Francisco Bay area, California, where he works as an award-winning newspaper reporter. His grandfather's experiences as an airgunner with Bomber Command during WWII was the inspiration behind this book. His books, On the House: the Bizarre Killing of Michael Malloy, and In the Dark: The True Story of the Blackout Ripper, were published in the USA.

Table of Contents

Blood and water	p. 1
Blood and snow	p. 17
The Blitzkrieg unleashed	p. 25
Their darkest hour	p. 35
A return to troubled waters	p. 47
Germany under fire	p. 55
A new dynamic	p. 75
The gathering storm	p. 93
The pathfinders	p. 107
The technological edge	p. 125
The battle of the Ruhr	p. 135
Gomorrah	p. 147
The hardest target	p. 155
The beginning of the end	p. 169
The final act	p. 187
Final victory	p. 199
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