Martin Middlebrook has written many other books that deal with
important turning-points in the two world wars, including The First
Day on the Somme, Kaiser's Battle, The Peenem�nde Raid, The Somme
Battlefields (with Mary Middlebrook) and The Nuremberg Raid 30-31st
March 1944 (all republished and in print with Pen and Sword).
Martin Middlebrook is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and
lives near Boston, Lincolnshire
"Middlebrook's book is just as exceptional today as it was when
first released. His writing style is smooth and his research and
citation impeccable."-- "Air Power History"
"On a clear, moonlit night in 1944, RAF Bomber Command launched a
"maximum effort" raid on the German city of Nuremberg. It was a
disaster. German night fighters got into the bomber stream early
on, and the bombers suffered the highest losses of the war while
the intended target was barely damaged. Using firsthand accounts,
Mr. Middlebrook follows the planning, preparation and execution of
the operation in meticulous detail, but he does more than that:
Employing hundreds of eyewitness accounts, he shows the raid from
the point of view of the German defenses and the civilians on the
ground. Factual and analytical, this is a portrait of mechanized
warfare at the level of personal experience."-- "The Wall Street
Journal"
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