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Published in August 1942 just as more and more four engine bombers were becoming available, this British Government booklet outline the efforts so far in bombing German targets with mainly inadequate aircraft. Amazing stories of heroism are interspersed in the narrative. Intended as propaganda, the authors do highlight the successes, but also point out the failures such as the disaster of the escape of the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst from Brest to their home ports in Germany. This booklet lets us glimpse what the British were thinking early in the War when most things had been going badly. I am always amazed at the optimistic outlook expressed in official histories as well as in fiction of the period.… (plus d'informations)