Название: Night Duel Over Germany: Bomber Command's Battle Over the Reich During WWII
Автор: Peter Jacobs
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1783463376
Год издания: 2017
Язык: English
Cтраниц: 256
Формат: PDF
Размер: 87,4 MB

Bomber Command’s night offensive against Nazi Germany, which lasted for nearly six years, was one of Britain’s major contributions to the Allied effort during the Second World War. But the decision to conduct its main operations at night only came about following heavy losses by day, when its prewar medium bombers had been found lacking in modern air warfare. The Luftwaffe, too, had its early problems. Initially without a dedicated night fighter, it was ill-equipped to defend the Reich, and so the stage was set for what would become one of the most critical strategic encounters of the war.