The Blitz - Then and Now - Volume 3

The Blitz - Then and Now - Volume 3
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The Blitz - Then and Now - Volume 3
592 pages
B&W photos
Hard cover
30 x 22 cm
2,438 kg
English

The period in question began quietly with the Luftwaffe busy elsewhere, yet the increasing attacks on Germany by the Royal Air Force provoked a response in the form of the so-called Baedeker offensive of 1942. And it is against the background of the hammer blows dealt out to German towns and cities that the Blitz on Britain during the 1942-1944 period must be viewed. Hitler's ­frustration at not being able to hit back, like for like, led to the appointment in 1943 of a Blitz ­supremo to mete out retaliation. This finally came in 1944 with the Steinbock raids - known better as the Baby Blitz - yet it was only an interim measure. As the manned bomber attacks faded, so a new and fearsome method of attack by robot bomb began with weapons of vengeance. The V1 and V2 period is fully documented with the basic facts and figures ­balanced by eyewitness accounts never before published.