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

Author: Randall Hansen

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Unabridged: 11 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/20/2018


Synopsis

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 . . .

About Randall Hansen

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 has authored or coauthored several books, including Disobeying Hitler: German Resistance in the Last Year of WWII and Sterilized by the State: Eugenics, Race, and the Population Scare in Twentieth-Century North America.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Martin

Randall Hansen's book is an important contribution to discussions of military history and World War Two. It is impossible to read it, in my view, and believe that Arthur Harris was not a war criminal, though others may disagree. However everyone who reads this can only conclude that the strategy of......more

War is hell. This fact is graphically demonstrated by the bombing of Germany during the Second World War. These atrocities should have been enough for the Allies themselves to be charged and tried for war crimes.......more

Goodreads review by Michel

Very intelligent and well written book. As an aeronautical engineer who lived in (nearby) two bombed out cities (Rotterdam/ Darmstadt) I was always interested in the topic. I knew that the effectiveness of the (European) bombing campaign was modest (eg comparison of airmen lost versus damage and vic......more