Death from the skies : how the British and Germans survived bombing in World War II /

Death from the skies : how the British and Germans survived bombing in World War II /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Süss, Dietmar.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (726 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German -- Social aspects. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British -- Social aspects. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Social aspects. Bombing, Aerial -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Bombing, Aerial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Social aspects. Military operations, Aerial -- German. Military operations, Aerial -- British. Military operations, Aerial -- American. Bombing, Aerial. Germany. Great Britain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11954952

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Other authors / contributors:	Noakes, Jeremy. Sharpe, Lesley.
ISBN:	9780191645563 0191645567 9780199668519 0199668515 1306188660 9781306188661
Notes:	Originally published in German as Tod aus der Luft. Kriegsgesellschaft und Luftkrieg in Deutschland und England. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the German.
Summary:	The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although the destruction of 1940-1 was never repeated on the same scale, fears that Hitler possessed a secret weapon of mass destruction never entirely died, and were partially realized in the VI and V2 raids of 1944-5. The British and American response to the 'Blitz', especially from 1943 onwards, was massive and incomparably more devastating - withapocalyptic consequences for German cities such as Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin, to name but the most prominen.
Other form:	Print version: Süss, Dietmar. Death from the Skies : How the British and Germans Survived Bombing in World War II. Oxford : OUP Oxford, ©2013 9780199668519

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Summary:	The German 'Blitz' that followed the Battle of Britain killed tens of thousands and laid waste to large areas of many British cities. And although the destruction of 1940-1 was never repeated on the same scale, fears that Hitler possessed a secret weapon of mass destruction never entirely died, and were partially realized in the VI and V2 raids of 1944-5. The British and American response to the 'Blitz', especially from 1943 onwards, was massive and incomparably more devastating - with apocalyptic consequences for German cities such as Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin, to name but the most prominent. In this ground-breaking new book, German historian Dietmar Süss investigates the effects of the bombing on both Britain and Nazi Germany, showing how these two very different societies sought to withstand the onslaught and keep up morale amidst the material devastation and psychological trauma that was visited upon them. And, as he reflects in the conclusion, this is not a story that is safely confined to the past: the debate over the rights and the wrongs of the mass bombing of British and German cities during World War II remains a highly emotional subject even today.
Item Description:	Originally published in German as Tod aus der Luft. Kriegsgesellschaft und Luftkrieg in Deutschland und England.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (726 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191645563 0191645567 9780199668519 0199668515 1306188660 9781306188661