Night Duel Over Germany: Bomber Command's Battle Over the Reich During WWII
by Peter Jacobs
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Pen and Sword Aviation, 2017. Hardcover. New/New. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks and underlining. Includes bibliography, index, and photo plates. 224 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Bomber Command's night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britain's major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to conduct its main operations at night only came about following heavy losses by day, when its prewar medium bombers had been found lacking in modern air warfare. The Luftwaffe, too, had its early problems. Initially without a dedicated night fighter, it was ill-equipped to defend the Reich, and so the stage was set for what would become one of the most critical strategic encounters of the war.
Things had to change on both sides. Soon there came new and more capable aircraft, in ever-increasing numbers, coupled with new tactics and technology, as each side strove to gain the upper hand. It became a fascinating encounter between the crews of Bomber Command and the Luftwaffe's night fighter force, the Nachtjagd, with no shortage of courage and heavy losses on both sides. Amongst the epic encounters were Bomber Command's Thousand Bomber raids, the attack on the German V-weapons research establishment at Peenemünde, the campaigns against the industrial Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin, and the disastrous raid on Nuremberg.
This new publication consolidates accounts from both sides and from all ranks of service in an effort to provide a comprehensive account of some of the most ferocious nocturnal engagements of the Second World War.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Bomber Command's night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britain's major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to conduct its main operations at night only came about following heavy losses by day, when its prewar medium bombers had been found lacking in modern air warfare. The Luftwaffe, too, had its early problems. Initially without a dedicated night fighter, it was ill-equipped to defend the Reich, and so the stage was set for what would become one of the most critical strategic encounters of the war.
Things had to change on both sides. Soon there came new and more capable aircraft, in ever-increasing numbers, coupled with new tactics and technology, as each side strove to gain the upper hand. It became a fascinating encounter between the crews of Bomber Command and the Luftwaffe's night fighter force, the Nachtjagd, with no shortage of courage and heavy losses on both sides. Amongst the epic encounters were Bomber Command's Thousand Bomber raids, the attack on the German V-weapons research establishment at Peenemünde, the campaigns against the industrial Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin, and the disastrous raid on Nuremberg.
This new publication consolidates accounts from both sides and from all ranks of service in an effort to provide a comprehensive account of some of the most ferocious nocturnal engagements of the Second World War.
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- Title
- Night Duel Over Germany: Bomber Command's Battle Over the Reich During WWII
- Author
- Peter Jacobs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1783463376
- ISBN 13
- 9781783463374
- Publisher
- Pen and Sword Aviation
- Date Published
- 2017
- Keywords
- Aviation, Air force, Bomber Command, WWII, World War II, Nazi Germany, Third Reich, Luftwaffe, Aircrafts, Planes, Nachtjagd, Weapons, Peenemunde
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