Battle of Berlin 1943-44: Bomber Harris' gamble to end the war (Osprey Air Campaign 11)
Battle of Berlin 1943-44: Bomber Harris' gamble to end the war (Osprey Air Campaign 11)
2019 | ISBN: 1472835220 | English | 97 Pages | True PDF | 15,8 MB
2019 | ISBN: 1472835220 | English | 97 Pages | True PDF | 15,8 MB
Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomber Command and the Luftwaffe. This campaign had been undertaken by the Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, and was baptized “The Battle of Berlin”.
The Berlin campaign was a hard, desperate slog. Struggling against dreadful and bitter winter weather, Bomber Command “went” to Berlin a total of sixteen times, suffering increasingly severe losses throughout the winter of 1943/44 in the face of a revitalized German air-defense. The campaign remains controversial and the jury, even today, is ultimately undecided as to what it realistically achieved. Illustrated throughout with full-color artwork depicting the enormous scale of the campaign, this is the story of the RAF's much debated attempt to win the war through bombing alone.