Arthur Harris (1)
Auteur de Les bombardiers attaquent
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Arthur Harris, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Arthur Harris (1) a été combiné avec Sir Arthur Travers Harris.
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: Stannus, RAF (1944)
Œuvres de Arthur Harris
Les œuvres ont été combinées en Sir Arthur Travers Harris.
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Goring, Oxfordshire
- Études
- Allhallows School,Devon
- Professions
- Manager of the South African Marine Corporation
- Relations
- Barbara Money(spouse)
Therese ('Jillie') Hearne(spouse) - Prix et distinctions
- Order of the Bath (Knight Grand Cross)
Order of the British Empire (Officer)
Air Force Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (2)
Order of Suvorov (USSR|1st Class)
Distinguished Service Medal (United States) (tout afficher 11)
Legion of Merit (United States|Chief Commander)
Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland|Grand Cross)
Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil|Grand Cross)
Legion of Honour (France|Grand Officer)
Croix de guerre (France)
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 79
- Popularité
- #226,897
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 13
As a history of Bomber Command, from the high-level decision making, and also for Harris' justifications for most of the choices made, this is essential reading for anyone interested in WWII. It will never quieten the questions about whether Harris was right (on either aspect, the moral justification or the cost in crew lives) but it does largely show why Harris made the choices he did and how narrow his options had been.
This shouldn't be read in isolation from broader campaign histories or some technical history of the aircraft, avionics and weapons, but it's a very good book and fills a space that nothing else can.… (plus d'informations)