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by Chris Goss.
Softcover (7.25×9.75 inches). 96 pages. 2025.
Subtitle: The Luftwaffe’s Disastrous Last Blitz Over England
If the Luftwaffe couldn’t defeat the UK with bombing in 1940, it seems like madness to think bombing in 1944 would turn out any different. Fewer aircraft. Poorly trained crews. Air inferiority.
But with German cities ablaze from round the clock Allied bombing, Hitler felt something had to be done and so began a few months of night-time bombing that started off with about 500 aircraft and dwindled as the weeks passed.
The booklet follows the usual Air Campaign format with chronology, forces and capabilities, the actual campaign, and analysis. As you read, you just keep wondering about the wisdom of the attacks. Even veteran crews were being killed while green crews hardly hit anything. You’d think an extra 500 bombers would have been better used on the Eastern Front.
The booklet contains 77 black and white photos, one black and white illustration, five color maps, six color illustrations, and three color two-page action illustrations. I’ll also make my usual plea to increase the small font size to match the larger regular Campaign booklet font size.
Another fine booklet in the series that covers relatively campaigns well-known and obscure.
Enjoyed it.
— Reviewed by Russ Lockwood
