Under the bombs : the German home front, 1942-1945 /

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"" Under the Bombs tells the story of the civilian population of German cities devastated by Allied bombing in World War II. These people went to work, tried to keep a home (though in many cases it was just a pile of rubble where a house once stood), and attempted to live life as normally...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beck, Earl R. (Earl Ray), 1916-2002
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1986.
Subjects:
1933-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Bombing, Aerial > Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Germany.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Opérations aériennes.
Bombardement aérien > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Destruction et pillage > Allemagne.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Bombing, Aerial
Destruction and pillage
Military operations, Aerial
Luftangriff
Zivilbevölkerung
Luftkrieg
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Allemagne > Histoire > 1933-1945.
Germany
Deutschland
Geschichte > 1942-1945
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The End of Optimism: January-August 1942 1
  • 2. The Last (Somewhat) Merry Christmas: August-December 1942 18
  • 3. Stalingrad and All-Out Warfare: January-April 1943 33
  • 4. Bombing Achieves Holocaust: May-August 1943 57
  • 5. A Joyless Victory: September-December 1943 83
  • 6. Life Goes On: January-April 1944 106
  • 7. The Bombs Still Fall: May-September 1944 129
  • 8. Germany's Darkest Winter: September-December 1944 151
  • 9. The End Comes--With Death and Terror: January-May 1945 172
  • Postscript: Forty Years Later--In Retrospect 198.

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