{"product_id":"bomber-command-book-sir-max-hastings-9780671680701","title":"Bomber Command","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction read by Max Hastings. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of the Second World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 56,000 British and Commonwealth aircrew and 600,000 Germans died in the course of the RAF's attempt to win the war by bombing. The struggle began in 1939 with a few score primitive Whitleys, Hampdens and Wellingtons, and ended six years later with 1,600 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquitoes razing whole cities in a single night. Max Hastings traced the developments of area bombing using a wealth of documnets, letters, diaries, and interviews with key surviving witnesses. \u003ci\u003eBomber Command\u003c\/i\u003e is his classic account of one of the most controversial struggles of the war. Max Hastings, author of over 20 books, has been editor of the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received many awards for his journalism and was knighted in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53781962555665,"sku":"CIN0671680706A","price":4.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780671680701.jpg?v=1784138418","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/bomber-command-book-sir-max-hastings-9780671680701","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}