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About this book
A thorough history of the RAF Bomber Command attack on the German city during World War II, by the author of
The First Day on the Somme.
This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. Author Martin Middlebrook sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders, and the composition of the opposing Bomber Command and German night fighter forces.
The aim of the Nuremberg raid was not unlike many hundreds of other Royal Air Force missions but, due to the difficulties and dangers of the enemy defenses and weather plus bad luck, it went horribly wrong. The result was so notorious that it became a turning point in the campaign. The target, the symbolic Nazi rally city of Nuremberg, was only lightly damaged, and 96 out of 779 bombers went missing.
Middlebrook recreates the events of the fateful night in astonishing detail. The result is a meticulous, dramatic, and often controversial account. It is also a moving tribute to the bravery of the RAF bomber crews and their adversaries.
Praise for The Nuremberg Raid
"Employing hundreds of eyewitness accounts, he shows the raid from the point of view of the German defenses and the civilians on the ground. Factual and analytical, this is a portrait of mechanized warfare at the level of personal experience." —Simon Mawer, Wall Street Journal
This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. Author Martin Middlebrook sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders, and the composition of the opposing Bomber Command and German night fighter forces.
The aim of the Nuremberg raid was not unlike many hundreds of other Royal Air Force missions but, due to the difficulties and dangers of the enemy defenses and weather plus bad luck, it went horribly wrong. The result was so notorious that it became a turning point in the campaign. The target, the symbolic Nazi rally city of Nuremberg, was only lightly damaged, and 96 out of 779 bombers went missing.
Middlebrook recreates the events of the fateful night in astonishing detail. The result is a meticulous, dramatic, and often controversial account. It is also a moving tribute to the bravery of the RAF bomber crews and their adversaries.
Praise for The Nuremberg Raid
"Employing hundreds of eyewitness accounts, he shows the raid from the point of view of the German defenses and the civilians on the ground. Factual and analytical, this is a portrait of mechanized warfare at the level of personal experience." —Simon Mawer, Wall Street Journal
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Plates
- Introduction
- 1 The Early Years of the Bombing War
- 2 The Middle Years
- 3 Bomber Command
- 4 The Germans
- 5 30 March 1944
- 6 The Outward Flight
- 7 The Long Leg
- 8 Review at 00.45
- 9 Nuremberg
- 10 The Other Targets
- 11 Other Operations
- 12 The Return Flight
- 13 The Next Morning
- 14 In Germany
- 15 The Cost
- 16 An Analysis
- 17 Was the Nuremberg Raid Betrayed?
- 18 The Years that Followed
- Appendix 1 R.A.F. and Luftwaffe Aircraft involved in Air Operations, 30–31 March 1944
- Appendix 2 Order of Battle of R.A.F. Bomber Command, 30 March 1944
- Appendix 3 Luftwaffe Night Lighter Order of Battle, 30 March 1944
- Appendix 4 Group and Squadron Performances
- Appendix 5 Bomber Command Casualties 1939–45
- Acknowledgements
- Personal Acknowledgements
- Bibliography