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The bombers and the bombed, Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945, Richard Overy

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-541) and index

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The bombers and the bombed

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Richard Overy

Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945

A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies

Prologue: Bombing Bulgaria -- The sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command 1939-42 -- The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany 1943-44 -- The "Battle of Germany", 1944-45 -- The logic of total war: German society under the bombs -- Italy: The war of bombs and words -- Bombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new order -- Epilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the post-war world

Allied air war over Europe 1940-1945