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

Randall Hansen

мар 2018. · Tantor Media Inc · Чита Julian Elfer

O ovoj audio-knjizi

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. But the terrible truth is that much of the bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the Allied military leadership, leading to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, Fire and Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing campaign through the eyes of those involved: the military and civilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, the aircrews in the skies who carried out their orders, and civilians on the ground who felt the fury of the Allied attacks. Here, for the first time, the story of the American and British air campaigns is told-and the cost accounted for . . .

O autoru

Randall Hansen is the Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Disobeying Hitler, Sterilized by the State, and Citizenship and Immigration in Post-War Britain.

British-born Julian Elfer is an award-winning New York City-based actor and audiobook narrator. With over 100 titles to his credit, Julian brings a unique facility for characterization in fiction and an empathy for the personalities and events of the past.