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Indlæser... The Red Line: The Gripping Story of the RAF's Bloodiest Raid on Hitler's Germanyaf John Nichol
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. There are similarities to Len Deighton's 'Bomber', but the story is real this time, and the characters very human. A particularly moving part of the book is the last section, with news of what happened to some of the characters afterwards. Some were scarred for life, some became POWs, and some escaped. And some families went to extraordinary lengths to remember those that were lost - even to buying and owning a Lancaster aircraft! Highly recommended. ( ) A brilliant combination of excellent, well paced narrative with well chosen source material makes this an amazing read. Not shirking from the errors, the failings & the mistakes of this raid & indeed, of Bomber Command in general, it makes form at times, harrowing, yet emotional reading. Highly recommended. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command's 1944 Nuremberg Raid - the RAF's bloodiest night of the Second World War More men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command died on one single night of the Second World War than the total RAF aircrew losses during the whole of the four-month-long Battle of Britain. This is the story of the air raid intended to be the climax of Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris's relentless campaign to defeat Nazi Germany. The target was Nuremberg: 795 aircraft set out, nearly 700 men did not return. In 'The Red Line', we meet the young aircrew who flew on the night of 30 March 1944. John Nichol has interviewed the few surviving veterans, British and German, in the air and on the ground, to record the voices of a diminishing generation. While the airmen of Bomber Command were among the greatest heroes of the conflict, their contribution and sacrifice has been sidelined in the face of post-war criticism of Bomber Command's tactics. John Nichol's dramatic tribute to the men who flew on the RAF's bloodiest raid has provided the surviving veterans with the chance to tell the story of that terrible night - the night they flew to Nuremberg. No library descriptions found. |
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