Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940-1945Claudia Baldoli, Andrew Knapp, Richard Overy A&C Black, 30 jun 2011 - 376 pagina's This is the first book to treat bombing during WWII as a European phenomenon and not just the 'Blitz' on Britain and Germany. With Western Europe now at the heart of a united continent, it is even more difficult to explain how only 70 years ago European states destroyed much of the urban landscape from the air. There were many blitzes between 1940 and 1945 with an estimated 700,000 people killed. The purpose of this book is to provide the basis for a comparison of the experience of western states under the impact of bombing. In particular, it considers the political, cultural and social responses to bombing rather than the military, strategic and social dimensions which have formed the core of the discussion hitherto. This book will correct the popular perception of the British Blitz as the key bombing experience by exposing the reality of life under the bombs for communities as far apart as Brest, Palermo, and Rostock. An international panel of historians consider the issues raised amidst the bombing of human rights and protection of civilians in this seminal event in C20th history. |
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air attacks air raids air-raid shelters aircraft allied air Allied bombing anti-aircraft April Archives areas August authorities Berlin blackout Blitz bombardment bombed-out bombers bombing raids Boulogne-Billancourt Brest Britain British POWs bunkers camp Cassin cathedral central centres churches cities civil Comité Lyon-Brest COSI Coventry culture damage December defence destruction Deutsche Wochenschau diary effect emergency enemy entry evacuation example experience fasc Fascist fear forces France French german guerra Hamburg History human rights Ibid italian italian Social republic italy January July June London Luftkrieg Lyon madonna March Mass Observation Milan military Ministry morale Naples national Socialist Nazi newsreel November October official organization Paris photographic police political POWs prefects prisoners propaganda protection regime Reich Richard Overy Second World Second World War Secours National September 1943 sinistrés social society solidarity target towns Turin University Press Verlag Vichy Vichy France Vichy regime victims Volksgemeinschaft wartime workers