The Nuremberg Raid
The Nuremberg Raid

Author: Martin Middlebrook

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2009-06-25

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 178159886X

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A thorough history of the RAF Bomber Command attack on the German city during World War II, by the author of The First Day on the Somme. This book describes one twenty-four-hour period in the Allied Strategic Bomber Offensive in the greatest possible detail. Author Martin Middlebrook sets the scene by outlining the course of the bombing war from 1939 to the night of the Nuremberg raid, the characters and aims of the British bombing leaders, and the composition of the opposing Bomber Command and German night fighter forces. The aim of the Nuremberg raid was not unlike many hundreds of other Royal Air Force missions but, due to the difficulties and dangers of the enemy defenses and weather plus bad luck, it went horribly wrong. The result was so notorious that it became a turning point in the campaign. The target, the symbolic Nazi rally city of Nuremberg, was only lightly damaged, and 96 out of 779 bombers went missing. Middlebrook recreates the events of the fateful night in astonishing detail. The result is a meticulous, dramatic, and often controversial account. It is also a moving tribute to the bravery of the RAF bomber crews and their adversaries. Praise for The Nuremberg Raid “Employing hundreds of eyewitness accounts, he shows the raid from the point of view of the German defenses and the civilians on the ground. Factual and analytical, this is a portrait of mechanized warfare at the level of personal experience.” —Simon Mawer, Wall Street Journal

The Nuremberg Raid
The Nuremberg Raid

Author: Martin Middlebrook

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 9780304353422

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Bomber Command's raid on Nuremberg in early 1944 should have been a routine 'maximum effort' operation. It wasn't: it was a major disaster. The target was only lightly damaged and 96 of the 779 bombers dispatched went missing. Martin Middlebrook recreates the events of the night of 30-31 March in astonishing detail. He consults archives, corresponds with the raid's planners, interviews RAF and Luftwaffe aircrew as well as the German civilians in the areas that were bombed. It is a meticulous, dramatic and often controversial account. It is also a moving testimony to the bravery of both the RAF's bomber crews and their opponents.

Nuremberg
Nuremberg

Author: Martin W. Bowman

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2016-02-29

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1473852129

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This is a brand-new, updated history of the Nuremburg Raid, taking advantage of new stores of information that have come to light in recent years. In his usual, highly-praised style, Martin Bowman's historical narrative is supplemented throughout by first-hand snippets of pilot testimony, offering an authentic sense of events as they played out. Having access to extensive archives of images ensures that this is a visually pleasing and comprehensive account of one of the most iconic raids of the Second World War.

The Principles of War and the Nuremberg Raid: 30-31 March 1944
The Principles of War and the Nuremberg Raid: 30-31 March 1944

Author: Robert F. Tate

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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The principles of war refer to the universal factors that can be applied to combat situations at any level of war. Applying the nine principles of war to study the Nuremberg Raid on March 30-31, 1944, the author concludes that misapplications of these principles led to the failure of its mission.