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Target Berlin: Mission 250: 6 March 1944

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#370769-ZC30
Titel	Target Berlin: Mission 250: 6 March 1944
Auteur	Ethell, Jeffrey
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Greenhill Books
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	1853674915
ISBN13	9781853674914
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	On March 6th, 1944 the Americans launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler's reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: sixty-nine heavy bombers and eleven escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. This account of the mission is a compellingly readable, skillfully researched, minute-by-minute description. It is also the first book on the subject to look at events from the perspective of both sides, drawing on material from over 160 USAAF personnel, Luftwaffe pilots, civilians and German flak gunners. Target Berlin captures the excitement and drama of the operation, bringing to the fore the mounting horror of a mission plagued by misfortune, strong defenses and bad luck. The gripping narr... (Lees verder)ative also sheds light on what it was like to be in Berlin as the bombs began to fall.
Pagina's	212
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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