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Inferno: The Fiery Destruction of Hamburg, 1943
Inferno The Fiery Destruction of Hamburg 1943
Author: Keith Lowe
In the summer of 1943, British and American bombers launched an attack on the German city of Hamburg that was unlike anything the world had ever seen. For ten days they pounded the city with over 9,000 tons of bombs, with the intention of erasing it entirely from the map. The fires they created were so huge they burned for a month and were visib...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743269001
ISBN-10: 0743269004
Publication Date: 6/5/2007
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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In July, 1943, the axiom "War is hell" becomes reality in Hamburg, Germany. Lowe tells a story we don't hear very often - the horrible cost in lives of German citizens in this northern sea port. Lowe refrains from moralizing as he tells the story of RAF and USAAF bomber crews and Hamburgers who endured terror in the skies and hell on earth. The allied bombing raids on Hamburg created a literal firestorm; a conflagration so huge that swirling winds in excess of 120 miles an hour rushed to feed the flames. Lowe aptly describes it as "a vast sea of fire in the grip of a hurricane". Survivors of the bombing often had no where to run to escape the inferno. This is both a shocking tale of horror and a tribute to the indomitable human spirit that endures that which is unimaginable. I can't recommend this book enough.
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