First published 2007
Donald Miller chronicles the American Eighth Air Force's bombing campaign against Nazi Germany from Pearl Harbor through D-Day. His comprehensive account examines how thousands of young Americans conducted hundreds of daylight raids in Flying Fortresses and Liberators, targeting industrial facilities, oil refineries, and urban centers. Miller documents the individual experiences of bomber crews facing desperately perilous missions with uncertain returns. He analyzes notorious operations including the Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids and Dresden bombing. The book explores how massive American air bases transformed quiet East Anglian communities and addresses the heated debates over area bombing tactics. Spanning 17 chapters with photographic documentation, Miller presents the strategic importance of aerial warfare during the three-year period when bomber operations provided the Allies' sole means of directly engaging Germany on European soil.
Genres: history, 20th-century, military-fiction, military-history, aviation, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: historical-fiction
Setting: East Anglia, Europe, Germany, Nazi Germany
Period: Pearl Harbor, D-Day
1000 pages · Hardcover · AURUM PRESS LTD