The Nuremberg Raid: 30-31 March 1944

History

MIDDLEBROOK, Martin

Europe

Fontana/Collins

In March 1943, two convoys set off from New York across the Atlantic with supplies for the UK. Out in the ocean looking for them were 44 German submarines, whose sole purpose was to prevent their arrival. Despite the best efforts of 21 escort vessels, 22 merchantment were sunk and 360 sailors, with 12 passengers, lost their lives. For this was at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic. Throughout the war small ships fought it out with the U-Boats in the North Atlantic. This book describes the climax of that hard, drawn-out struggle.

Convoy

Penguin Uk

<p>Traces the sinking of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales from Churchill's decision to dispatch them to the rescue of their survivors</p>

Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse

Military

Penguin??Books

A detailed and elaborately researched investigation into the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, the first large US airforce bombing raid. This was the first test of the American theory that bomber formations could fly deep into Germany and adequately defend themselves.

The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943

Americas

Battle Of Hamburg

After an immense but useless bombardment, at 7.30 am. On 1 July 1916 the British Army went over the top and attacked the German trenches.  It was the first day of the battle of the Somme, and on that day the British suffered nearly 60,000 casualties, two for every yard of their front. With more than fifty times the daily losses at El Alamein and fifteen times the British casualties on D-day, 1 July 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the British Army.  But, more than that, it was a watershed in the history of the First World War. The Army that attacked on that day was the volunteer Army that had answered Kitchener's call.  It had gone into action confident of a decisive victory.  But by sunset on the first day on the Somme, no one could any longer think of a war that might be won.  After that it was a struggle that had simply to be endured. Martin Middlebrook's research has covered not just official and regimental histories and tours of the battlefields, but interviews with hundreds of survivors, both British and German.  As to the action itself, he conveys the overall strategic view and the terrifying reality of an new kind of war for front-line soldiers.

First Day On The Somme: On The Somme 1 July 1916

<p>Explains the causes of the Falkland Islands War, describes the strategy of the war, and discusses what was learned from the conflict</p>

Task Force: The Falklands War, 1982

This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. The author 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 RAF 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. As reviewed in the Wall Street Journal: “Using firsthand accounts, Mr. Middlebrook follows the planning, preparation and execution of the operation in meticulous detail, but he does more than that: 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.”– Wall Street Journal, March 2016REVIEWS “…provides a compelling narrative of a day in the life of a RAF bombing mission.”IPMS USA, 02/2010“Using firsthand accounts, Mr. Middlebrook follows the planning, preparation and execution of the operation in meticulous detail, but he does more than that: 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.”– Wall Street Journal, March 2016"

Nuremberg Raid

Between the end of August 1943 and the end of March 1944, RAF Bomber Command carried out a sustained offensive against Berlin, 19 major attacks being made. It was the climax of the RAF's effort to knock Germany out of the war by the strategic bombing of cities. Although much damage was caused in Berlin, the results of the bombing were not decisive. Bomber Command on the other hand, suffered a major defeat. A total of 619 aircraft and crews were lost in the raids on Berlin alone, with many other aircraft crashing on return to the UK. At the end of the battle of Berlin, Bomber Command was switched to support the invasion and the "bomber dream" - that the RAF alone could knock Germany out of the war - was over.

The Berlin Raids: R.A.F. Bomber Command Winter 1943/44

“Enthralling eye witness histories” John KeeganOn the night of 17-18 August 1943, RAF Bomber Command attacked a remote research establishment on the German Baltic coast.  The site was Peenemünde, where Hitler’s scientists were developing both the V-1 flying bomb and the V-2 rocket whose destructive powers could have swung the course of the War. The raid was meticulously planned and hopes were high.  But the night sky was so cloudless that the British bombers presented an easy target for German night fighters, and over 40 were lost.Martin Middlebrook draws on the memories of over 400 people involved in the dramatic events on that night:  RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew, German personnel at the research site and foreign laborers who had been forced to work there.  The result is a truly compelling account of this hazardous attempt to disrupt Hitler’s V-weapons program.

Peenimunde Raid: 17 And 18 August 1943

Literature & Fiction

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