Allan Kurki

Operation Moonlight Sonata

The German Raid on Coventry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On a clear moonlit night in November of 1940, the Luftwaffe used hundreds of bombers, thousands of high explosives and tens of thousands of incendiary bombs to attack the industrial might of England by bombing Coventry. This book analyzes the raid in detail, reviews the actions of both the Germans and the British preceeding the raid, and investigates the impact the raid had on British as well as American public opinion. The book also investigates the controversial question of how much advance notice the British actually had concerning the raid. The Coventry bombing proved to be the most concentrated single air attack of the entire Luftwaffe bombing campaign directed against the British during World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 475g
• ISBN-13: 9780275951047
• ISBN-10: 0275951049
• Artikelnr.: 21903770

Autorenporträt

ALLAN W. KURKI is President of Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Illustrations Glossary of Abbreviations, Code names, and Terms Used
in the Text Overview Introduction Coventry Before the Raid The Raid in
Brief The German Air Force (GAF) GAF Development and Strategy The Bombers
and Ordnance of the GAF The Flying Beams The RAF and Battle of Britain RAF
Fighters and British Defenses Ultra and British Electronic Countermeasures
The Battle of Britain The Coventry Raid Coventry's Defenses Advance
Knowledge of the Raid Operation "Cold Water" The Raid: Operation "Moonlight
Sonata" Aftermath The Results of the Raid Public Reaction to the Raid The
Phoenix Rises Appendix A: Luftflotte 3 Bombing Report Appendix B: BBC
Broadcasts of the Coventry Raid Appendix C: U.S. Army Military Attaché's
Report on the Coventry Raid Notes Bibliography Index