The Nuremberg Raid

A thorough history of the RAF Bomber Command attack on the German city during World War II, by the author of The First Day on the Somme . This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. Author Martin Middlebrook sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders, and the composition of the opposing Bomber Command and