On the night of February 13-14,796 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of RAF Bomber Command, dropped 1,478 tons of high explosive and 1,182 tons of incendiaries on the city. A firestorm developed, which led to large areas of the city being burned out. At the time of the attack, Dresden was crowded with refugees fleeing the advancing Soviet Army resulting in between 40,000 and 50,000 casualties. On the morning of the 14th a second attack was carried out by the United States Army Air Force, with two further US attacks mounted on ...
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On the night of February 13-14,796 Lancasters and 9 Mosquitoes of RAF Bomber Command, dropped 1,478 tons of high explosive and 1,182 tons of incendiaries on the city. A firestorm developed, which led to large areas of the city being burned out. At the time of the attack, Dresden was crowded with refugees fleeing the advancing Soviet Army resulting in between 40,000 and 50,000 casualties. On the morning of the 14th a second attack was carried out by the United States Army Air Force, with two further US attacks mounted on February 15th and on March 2nd, 1945. Why, so close to the end of the war, should a beautiful city, a center for fine art and porcelain, with arguably no tactical significance, have been so completely obliterated by the British & US Air Forces? Was Dresden a legitimate target or was it merely a matter that the British and Americans wanted to demonstrate to the advancing Russians the power of their combined air forces? Target Dresden chronicles the development of bombing from the earliest days through the Zeppelin and Gotha raids of the First World War to the development of strategic bombing of WWII and examines how it affected post war thinking. Packed with facts Target Dresden gives the story behind the raids which were the most controversial conventional bombing attacks of World War Two.
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Add this copy of Target-Dresden to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by nealsbooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Menominee, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Independent Books.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Pages are clean and unmarked. Former owner's name stamp on front free end paper. Cover corners and edges are unmarred. Binding is tight.
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Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1872836151. A little curl along top edge of jacket's front flap.; Illus., maps, jacket now in a clear protector; 256 pages.
Add this copy of Target Dresden to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by Old Army Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lexington, KY, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Independent Books.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1872836151. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine, As New crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. The book presents a detailed treatise on the development of the bomber and an account of this notorious Dresden raid. 8vo. 256 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book This book contains a very detailed treatise on the development of the bomber along with an account of this notorious bombing raid. Of the many bombing raids of World War II, few have gained such notoriety as that executed February 1945 when the German city of Dresden was heavily damaged by American and British bombers. Controversy remains over why Dresden was selected as a target. One thing is clear; however, the bombing of Dresden among other German Cities went a long way in breaking the resolve of the German citizenry. Contains b/w photos and illustrations and appendices. Book would be described in as new condition excepting for the dogear fold on page 121; dj is in very fine condition with only slight scuffing; dj not price clipped Size: 8 Vo.
Add this copy of Target Dresden to cart. $24.95, new condition, Sold by Poverty Hill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Mt. Prospect, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1995 by Bookcraft Ltd.
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Add this copy of Target Dresden to cart. $70.94, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Crecy Publishing.
