Raiding the Reich: The Allied Strategic Offensive in Europe

World War II was marked by the Allied forces’ aerial bombardment of Nazi Germany. More than 50 years after the bombing campaign, much research has gone into supplying the who, when, where, and why of the subjects depicted in the pictures taken for the daily press and off the record. Breathtaking photos reveal the first operation of the Avro Manchester on February 24th and 25th, 1941, bombing a Hipper-class cruiser; the March 30th, 1941, introduction of the “blockbuster bomb”; squadrons preparing for the “Thousand Plan” rain on Bremen on June 25th, 1942; and, against regulations, on May 8th, 1945, the release of brightly coloured flares in celebration of the war’s ending; and over 250 more. An already fascinating subject has just become even more remarkable!