D-Day Bombers

by Darlow, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781904010791
• ISBN10: 1904010792
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Grub Street

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(2)
Introduction	8	(2)
Prologue	10	(2)
Part One Flightpath to D-Day	12	(129)
Chapter 1 AF Bomber Command's New Recruit	13	(7)
Chapter 2 Americans over Berlin	20	(17)
Chapter 3 Night Battles over Germany	37	(12)
Chapter 4 The Inescapable Commitment	49	(12)
Chapter 5 Arming the Resistance	61	(12)
Chapter 6 The Price of Liberation	73	(17)
Chapter 7 Spaatz's Oil Plan	90	(22)
Chapter 8 Tactical Bombing	112	(22)
Chapter 9 A Night Battle over France	134	(7)
Part Two D-Day and the Battle for Normandy	141	(127)
Chapter 10 'It's on Boys. D-Day!'	142	(15)
Chapter 11 'This is it!'	157	(12)
Chapter 12 Intruder	169	(9)
Chapter 13 Enigma	178	(10)
Chapter 14 Shot Down	188	(7)
Chapter 15 Flying Bombs	195	(13)
Chapter 16 Supporting the Army	208	(13)
Chapter 17 Blasting Caen	221	(8)
Chapter 18 The American Breakout	229	(11)
Chapter 19 Falaise Pocket	240	(15)
Chapter 20 Conclusions	255	(4)
Chapter 21 To the End of Hostilities	259	(9)
Epilogue	268	(1)
Appendix 1 Chain of Command	269	(1)
Appendix 2 Commitment to Targets	270	(1)
Appendix 3 Air Attacks on Civilians	271	(1)
Appendix 4 Normandy, Front Lines	272	(1)
Appendix 5 Control of Strategic Heavy Bomber Forces	273	(1)
Footnotes to Chapters	274	(2)
Sources and Bibliography	276	(5)
Index	281