THE HARDEST VICTORY: RAF Bomber Command in the 2nd World War by Richards 1995 HC

Description: THE HARDEST VICTORY: RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War by Denis Richards. LIKE NEW first American Edition hardcover, 1995. With the role of the RAF Bomber Command in WWII coming under fire from postwar historians who decry its offensive against Germany as an ineffective campaign that resulted in a high civilian casualty rate, the author describes the Command's difficulties and failures, redressing the balance by focusing on the magnitude of its achievements.The narrative proceeds from the attacks on the German fleet in 1939, through the disasters of the surrender of Norway and the fall of France, to the Command's role in the triumph of the Battle of Britain. With the gradual adoption of "area bombing," the pace quickens with the "Thousand" raids of 1942, the great air battles of 1943 over Ruhr, Hamburg, and Berlin on to the culminating events of 1944-45. He provides a startlingly revised interpretation of the battle fought virtually every night for almost five and a half years. The total casualties, including the wounded, amounted to more than half of the men who flew with Bomber Command.LIKE NEW hardcover, appearing unread with pages and edges clean and unmarked. Jacket shows only minor edge wear and light storage scuffing. 6.5" x 9.5." Photos, maps, diagrams, chronology, glossary, appendices, and text. 393 pgs.

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