The Berlin Raids

A “meticulously documented” account that covers the RAF’s controversial attempt to end World War II by the aerial bombing of Berlin ( Kirkus Reviews ). The Battle of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. Bomber Command Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur Harris, hoped to wreak Berlin from end to end and produce a state of devastation in which German surrender was inevitable. He dispatched nineteen major raids between August 1943 and Ma