Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 296 Seiten)
Edition:
2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1280577371
,
9781441185815
,
9781280577376
Content:
France and Italy account for fully one third of all Allied bombs dropped on Europe between 1940 and 1945. Italy received some 370,000 tons of bombs, nearly five times the total dropped on Britain by the Luftwaffe; France, over 570,000, nearly eight times the British figure. In each country, over 55,000 civilians died. Until now, studies of bombing in World War 2 have focused largely on the British and German experiences; few cover France or Italy. Forgotten Blitzes aims to remedy this. It explains the reasons for the Allied offensives, and uses political, social and cultural approaches to expl
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Preface; List of Abbreviations; List of Maps and Tables; 1 Introduction; 2 Purpose and Politics?: the Allies and the Bombing of France and Italy; 3 Preparing for Cataclysm, 1922-1940; 4 States and Bombing, 1940-1945; 5 The Propaganda War; 6 Mobilization and its Limits?: Evacuees, Air-Raid Wardens, Looters; 7 Societies under the Bombs; 8 Resistance, Bombing, Liberation; 9 Conclusion; Appendix: The Death Toll; List of Primary Sources Consulted; Bibliography; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441147516
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1280577363
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Baldoli, Claudia Forgotten Blitzes London [u.a.] : Continuum, 2012 ISBN 9781441131096
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441131096
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781441185815
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1441131094
Language:
English
Keywords:
Frankreich
;
Italien
;
Luftangriff
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Geschichte 1940-1945
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