The Kaiser's Battle:  21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive

History

Martin Middlebrook

Europe

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A detailed and elaborately researched investigation into the Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, the first large US Air Force bombing-raid. This was the first test of the American theory that bomber formations could fly deep into Germany and adequately defend themselves.

The Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission: American Raids on 17 August 1943

Americas

Penguin Uk

At 9.30am on 21 March 1918, the last great battle of the First World War commenced when three German armies struck a massive blow against the weak divisions of the British Third and Fifth Armies.  It was the first day of what the Germans called the Kaiserschlacht (‘the Kaiser’s Battle’), the series of attacks that were intended to break the deadlock on the Western Front, knock the British Army out of the war, and finally bring victory to Germany.  In the event the cost of the gamble was so heavy that once the assault faltered, it remained for the Allies to push the exhausted German armies back and the War was at last over.  Critics accounts:  The clever blending of written and oral accounts from some 650 surviving British and German soldiers makes the book an extremely convincing reconstruction.  SUNDAY TIMES

The Kaiser's Battle

<li>Exciting overview of the World War II battle made famous by the classic movie and book A Bridge Too Far </li>
<li>Boots-on-the-ground story of British paratroopers fighting off Germans in Holland during Operation Market Garden </li>
<li>Masterly analysis of why the operation failed </li>
<li>Draws from the personal experiences of more than 500 participants </li>
<li>Written by an accomplished military historian</li>

Arnhem 1944: The Airborne Battle (Stackpole Military History Series)

Stackpole Books

The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book, 1939-1945

Chris Everitt

Pen & Sword Aviation

The Battle of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. Bomber Command’s Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur Harris, hoped to ‘wreck Berlin from end to end’ and ‘produce a state of devastation in which German surrender is inevitable’. He dispatched nineteen major raids between August 1943 and March 1944 – more than 10,000 aircraft sorties dropped over 30,000 tons of bombs on Berlin. It was the RAF’s supreme effort to end the war by aerial bombing. But Berlin was not destroyed and the RAF lost more than 600 aircraft and their crews. The controversy over whether the Battle of Berlin was a success or failure has continued ever since. Martin Middlebrook brings to this subject considerable experience as a military historian. In preparing his material he collected documents from both sides (many of the German ones never before used); he has also interviewed and corresponded with over 400 of the people involved in the battle and has made trips to Germany to interview the people of Berlin and Luftwaffe aircrews. He has achieved the difficult task of bringing together both sides of the Battle of Berlin – the bombing force and the people on the ground – to tell a coherent, single story. The author describes the battle, month by month, as the bombers waited for the dark nights, with no moon, to resume their effort to destroy Berlin and end the war. He recounts the ebb and flow of fortunes, identifying the tactical factors that helped first the bombers, then the night fighters, to gain the upper hand. Through the words of the participants, he brings to the reader the hopes, fears and bravery of the young bomber aircrews in the desperate air battles that were waged as the Luftwaffe attempted to protect their capital city. And he includes that element so often omitted from books about the bombing war – the experiences of ordinary people in the target city, showing how the bombing destroyed homes, killed families, affected morale and reduced the German war effort. Martin Middlebrook’s meticulous attention to detail makes The Bomber Battle of Berlin one of his most accomplished book to date.

The Berlin Raids: The Bomber Battle Winter 1943-1944

Pen and Sword Aviation

Arnhem: Ooggetuigenverslagen van de Slag om Arnhem 17-26 september 1944

Tirion

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