RAF Bomber Command at War - Hardcover

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Bomber Command of the RAF fought one of the longest, most gruelling and thankless campaigns of the Second World War. More than 55,000 men and women were killed serving with the Command and the bombers inflicted severe and ultimately crippling damage to the German war effort. During the war years few branches of the armed services ranked higher with the public than did Bomber Command.
And yet the reputation of Bomber Command has suffered since at the hands of revisionist historians who have largely had the field to themselves. Accounts have concentrated on the massive civilian casualties caused by raids on Dresden and Hamburg, and on the fact that for much of the war, German war industries were able to evade the most damaging attacks by dispersal and camouflage.
In this book Rupert Matthews, the son of a Bomber Command veteran, takes a new look at the exploits of the RAF's strike force during the Second World War. By looking at the conflict from the viewpoint of those serving in Bomber Command, this book reveals the why and the how of the Bomber Command campaigns. The abilities of the aircraft and aircrew are outlined, and the limits this put on operations explained.
The book will help the reader understand the conditions under which the men of Bomber Command fought, lived and - tragically - so often died.

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