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Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany 1942--1945

Randall Hansen

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 214 Users | 29 Reviews

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Original Title:	Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany 1942--1945
ISBN:	0385664044 (ISBN13: 9780385664042)
Edition Language:	English

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An enlightening and utterly convincing re-examination of the allied aerial bombing campaign and of civilian German suffering during World War II–an essential addition to our understanding of world history.

During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities, killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving 80,000 pilots dead. Much of the bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the Allied military leadership. Hundreds of thousands of people died needlessly.

Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, and using a compelling narrative approach, Fire and Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing campaign through the eyes of those involved: military and civilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, aircrew in the sky, and civilians on the ground.

Acclaimed historian Randall Hansen shows that the Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, was wedded to an outdated strategy whose success had never been proven; how area bombing not only failed to win the war, it probably prolonged it; and that the US campaign, which was driven by a particularly American fusion of optimism and morality, played an important and largely unrecognized role in delivering Allied victory.


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Title	:	Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany 1942--1945
Author	:	Randall Hansen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	September 15th 2009 by Anchor Canada (first published October 7th 2008)
Categories	:	History. War. World War II. Nonfiction. Military Fiction. Military. Military History

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This book presents the air war from three points of view. The German, world conquest. British, area bombing, I think this was based on revenge for the war that was brought to England. Then the American, precision daylight bombing. We came late to the fight, which we did not want, trying maintain the moral high ground.The author tries to show the difference in the British and American ideals and approach ending the war. From my point of view, being born in 1951, I thank the heroes of the Second

Ok ReadBook was alright, seemed to be more of a summary about the fighting between Harris and Portal than a bombing campaign lesson.

This volume lacks a purpose. I did use it once as a flyswatter, so perhaps that issue has been overcome.

This is a thorough and careful history of the Allied bombing campaign against Germany, and it doesnt stint on analysis. There are two conclusions:1. There was a very definite difference in intent between RAFs Bomber Command and the USAAF campaign. Bomber Command preferred to kill civilians rather than bombing industrial targets, and often passed up the opportunity to do serious damage to German war production in order to kill a few more people. Meanwhile, the USAAF commanders were laser-focused

War is hell. This fact is graphically demonstrated by the bombing of Germany during the Second World War. But as the author amply explains, there is an important distinction between the Americans' preference for precision bombing and the British indiscriminate area bombing, which was really terror bombing. Not only was the deliberate bombing and destruction of German cities and towns by the British barbaric and inhumane, it was also INEFFECTIVE. The fact is, the precision bombing of oil and

An interesting commentary on the British night area bombing and the US daytime (usually) precision bombing strategic air campaigns against Germany. It contrasts the American bombing of mainly industrial targets (oil, transportation, ball bearings) quite favourably against Harris, of the RAF's Bomber Command, and his obsession with obliterating German cities in a stated attempt to defeat morale. Hansen makes both the moral and effectiveness argument in favour of the US approach.A bit much of the

An in depth study of the WW 2 bombing campaign of Germany. Compares the morality with the necessity of non military carpet bombing of German cities. It's very well written and easy to follow. I have never read a more unbiased study of a particular subject then this one.