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Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-1945
by: Patrick Bishop

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780007192151
ISBN: 0007192150
Label: HarperPerennial
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: March 03, 2008
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Studio: HarperPerennial
Sales Rank: 4292

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- An essential, extremely thorough and entertaining read
I got this book with no preconceptions and I was so glad I did. It's an extremely thorough and scolarly work. My only criticism would be that it is largely made up of quotations from other works, newspapers, articles and also interviews that Mr Bishop undertook personally. I was hoping for more from the author himself but the other side of that coin is that it allows the subject to speak for itself.

It's a fascinating insight into servicemen's life for Bomber Command crew. I also feel this book should be required reading for school children, as it gives the real life view of WWII. As an English school boy one is brought up learning about WWII and it becomes the source of playground games and imagination but the reality is somewhat ... Read More:

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- An incisive account of one of the most important sectors of the Allied offensive.
It is very easy to lament the work done by Bomber Command in the mid to end years of the Second World War in Europe. This book does just that. But it also delves into the hearts of those who flew the bombers, the emotions of those who let loose the bomb doors, the feelings of those who shot at night-fighters. And the book's great achievement is in presenting a view that not only helps us understand the great personal sacrifice these men made, but the even greater emotional sacrifice they have suffered since the end of the war.
With some glaring grammatical mistakes, the book's editors should be sacked, but all in all, this is a highly endearing yet incisive account of one of the ugliest aspects of war, yet an aspect that greatly hastened ... Read More:

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- Should be compulsory reading!
This book is the best book I have read so far this year.

It describes the strategic air war against Germany by the RAF in the Second World War. That description makes it sound maybe a bit dry and academic but it is far from being either of those things! It tells the story of this chapter in the war from a very human point of view. For example, there are chapters describing the airmen's training, lives at their bases, their motivation, how they dealt with the fear of being killed whilst carrying out operation over Europe at night and many other highly interesting aspects of the lives of these remarkable men.

The book also describes the strategy behind the bombing of Germany, from the beginning to the end of the war and ... Read More:

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- A moving but balanced account.
Bomber Boys brought tears to my eyes. It is a movingly written record and assessment of the horrors that aircrew endured during World War II. My father - a navigator in a 44 Squadron Lancaster - had told me on many occasions about his war service and I understood something of the difficulties. However, it was only by reading this book that one can put into perspective the terrible loss, the low chances of survival as well as the physical and mental strain of missions.
Nor does the book shirk from the real moral ambiguities of the campaign and follows through to officialdom's post-war embarrassment of their role. The book fills in many of the gaps that I did not appreciate when talking to my father and allows me now to understand how truly ... Read More:

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- The truth behind the Dam Busters' legend
It's been about five years since I read Bishop's Fighter Boys and since I heard he was writing Bomber Boys I've been eagerly awaiting its release. It has lived up to and surpassed my expectations. It is exactly as a history book should be: a harmonious marriage of personal stories and a view of the bigger picture, which in this case is the progress of the bombing campaign against Nazi Germany. It's only upon reading this that I discovered how little I knew about Bomber Command and the Second World War! It's shocking, really, to think that they might not have received as much recognition as their efforts deserved. Buy this book and be amazed!

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