Firestorm : Allied airpower and the destruction of Dresden /

Main Author: De Bruhl, Marshall.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Random House, c2006.
Edition:1st ed.
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245 1 |a Firestorm :  |b Allied airpower and the destruction of Dresden /  |c Marshall De Bruhl. 
250 1 |a 1st ed. 
260 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Random House,  |c c2006. 
300 1 |a xix, 346 p., [16] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-331) and index. 
505 1 |a 1. "The bomber will always get through" : aerial bombardment : theory and history -- 2. The architects of destruction : the bomber barons and total air war -- 3. Weapons for the new age of warfare : the race for aerial superiority -- 4. The fatal escalation : air war against civilians -- 5. Vergel Tungswaffen : the V-weapons -- 6. Operation Thunderclap : run-up to the inferno -- 7. The target : Florence on the Elbe -- 8. Shrove Tuesday, 1945 : Dresden on the eve of the Apocalypse -- 9. A pillar of fire by night : bomber command takes the lead -- 10. A column of smoke by day : the American third wave -- 11. Ash Wednesday, 1945 : a city laid waste -- 12. "Mr. Prime Minister?" : questions in parliament and world opinion -- 13. From the ashes : Dresden is reborn. 
651 1 |a Dresden (Germany)  |x History  |y Bombardment, 1945. 
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