Sir Arthur Travers Harris
Auteur de Les bombardiers attaquent
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Œuvres de Sir Arthur Travers Harris
Despatch on War Operations: 23rd February 1942 to 8th May 1945 (Studies in Air Power) (1995) 10 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 90
- Popularité
- #205,795
- Évaluation
- 4.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 12
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)