Title Under the bombs : the German home front, 1942-1945 / Earl R. Beck

Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1986] ©1986

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W'PONDS	940.544943 Bec/Utb		AVAILABLE

Description xi, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm 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 Summary Provides an account of the wartime hardships suffered by the Germans during the Allied bombing of German cities Analysis Geschichte 1942-1945 Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages [201]-240 Subject Bombardment -- Germany. Bombing, Aerial -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany. World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany. SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054594 LC no. 85024681 ISBN 0813109779 (paperback) 0813115671

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