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Gore Jan - The V 1 Flying Bomb Campaign 1944 - 1945 The Doodlebug Summer And After - Hardcover
Gore Jan - The V 1 Flying Bomb Campaign 1944 - 1945 The Doodlebug Summer And After - Hardcover
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Description: In this new study Jan Gore assesses the success of the V 1 campaign. The background to the development of the V 1 will be examined from the initial references to a mystery weapon to the gradual realisation by the British that the Germans were planning both a flying bomb (V 1) and a long range rocket (V 2). Once the first V 1 sites were identified the British began a strategic bombing campaign later joined by the Americans. However as the Normandy landings became imminent in June 1944, Hitler realised he had nothing to lose by delaying his vengeance attacks. A week after D - Day the first V 1s began to reach England. The attacks swiftly intensified. It was a very different campaign from those before. The pilotless planes could be produced cheaply and there was no need to put expensively - trained pilots at risk. The planes could be launched by day or night whatever the weather. They were true terror weapons as the first - hand accounts of those who lived through the attacks make clear; there was very little notice that a doodlebug explosion was imminent and so it was almost impossible to take cover. The book describes the first weekend of the attacks with the bombing of the Guards Chapel the evacuation programme which followed and the UK's defence strategies. It goes on to discuss the second phase of the attacks including the planned bombing of Manchester and the third phase of the campaign where V 1s were ground - launched from the Netherlands.
Title: The V 1 Flying Bomb Campaign 1944 - 1945 The Doodlebug Summer And After
Author(s): Gore Jan
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781399065818
Pages: 224 Pages, 40 Mono Illustrations; 40 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 11/25/2024
Category: Air Forces & Warfare
Description: In this new study Jan Gore assesses the success of the V 1 campaign. The background to the development of the V 1 will be examined from the initial references to a mystery weapon to the gradual realisation by the British that the Germans were planning both a flying bomb (V 1) and a long range rocket (V 2). Once the first V 1 sites were identified the British began a strategic bombing campaign later joined by the Americans. However as the Normandy landings became imminent in June 1944, Hitler realised he had nothing to lose by delaying his vengeance attacks. A week after D - Day the first V 1s began to reach England. The attacks swiftly intensified. It was a very different campaign from those before. The pilotless planes could be produced cheaply and there was no need to put expensively - trained pilots at risk. The planes could be launched by day or night whatever the weather. They were true terror weapons as the first - hand accounts of those who lived through the attacks make clear; there was very little notice that a doodlebug explosion was imminent and so it was almost impossible to take cover. The book describes the first weekend of the attacks with the bombing of the Guards Chapel the evacuation programme which followed and the UK's defence strategies. It goes on to discuss the second phase of the attacks including the planned bombing of Manchester and the third phase of the campaign where V 1s were ground - launched from the Netherlands.
Title: The V 1 Flying Bomb Campaign 1944 - 1945 The Doodlebug Summer And After
Author(s): Gore Jan
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Barcode: 9781399065818
Pages: 224 Pages, 40 Mono Illustrations; 40 Illustrations, Unspecified
Publication Date: 11/25/2024
Category: Air Forces & Warfare
