The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II
Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies fought.
Chapter 1. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Bomber Command, 1939–42
Chapter 2. The Casablanca Offensive: The Allies over Germany, 1943–44
Chapter 3. The “Battle of Germany,” 1944–45
Chapter 4. The Logic of Total War: German Society Under the Bombs
Chapter 5. Italy: The War of Bombs and Words
Chapter 6. Bombing Friends, Bombing Enemies: Germany’s New Order
Epilogue: Lessons Learned and Not Learned: Bombing into the Postwar World