Chased by the Sun: The Australians in Bomber Command in World War IIAllen & Unwin, 2006 - 319 páginas The remarkable story of more than 4000 Australian airmen who died over the skies of Europe while serving with the British Bomber Command in World War II is explored in this fascinating military history. Many of these airmen remain forgotten in their homeland--despite their selfless bravery contributing to the defeat of the Nazi regime. This book brings to light the experiences of Australians who served with the British bomber squadrons and their extraordinary contributions to the Allied war effort. |
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Chased by the Sun: The Australians in Bomber Command in World War II Hank Nelson Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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Página 9 - Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Página 124 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fem, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Página 94 - What is illegitimate, as being contrary to the dictates of humanity. is the indiscriminate bombing of a city for the sole purpose of terrorising the civilian population. It is an entirely different matter to terrorise munition workers (men and women) into absenting themselves from work or stevedores into abandoning the loading of a ship with munitions through fear of air attack upon the factory or dock concerned.
Página 108 - The aim of the bomber offensive is the progressive destruction and dislocation of the enemy's war industrial and economic system, and the undermining of his morale to a point where his capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened.
Página 121 - The United Kingdom Government undertakes that pupils of Canada, Australia and New Zealand shall, after training is completed, be identified with their respective Dominions, either by the method of...
Página 121 - Dominion units and formations or in some other way, such methods to be agreed upon with the respective Dominion Governments concerned. The United Kingdom Government will initiate inter-governmental discussions to this end.
Página 94 - The aim of the Air Force is to break down the enemy's means of resistance by attacks on objectives selected as most likely to achieve this end...
Página 91 - We can wreck Berlin from end to end if the American air force will come in on it. It will cost us 400-500 aircraft. It will cost Germany the war.
Página 106 - Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed.
Página 107 - Minister then described the bombing activity over Germany and his hopes for substantial increase with American participation. Here came the first agreement between the two men. Stalin took over the argument himself and said that homes as well as factories should be destroyed. The Prime Minister agreed that civil morale was a military objective, but the bombing of working men's houses came as a by-product of near-misses on factories. The tension began to ease and a certain understanding of common...