{"product_id":"9781550284911","title":"Battlefields in the Air: Canadians in the Allied Bomber Command","description":"This book by the popular author of Air Aces and Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero explores the role of the Allied bomber command during World War II.\u003cp\u003eThe importance of the bomber command to the Allied victory has always been hotly debated. In Battlefields in the Air, Dan McCaffery sets out to examine the role that the bomber command played and to decide if Arthur Harris's strategy of area bombing was central or incidental to the Allied victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the Allies' early losses, the author describes how their position improved dramatically under the leadership of Harris. He discusses the bombing of the Ruhr dams, the raids on Hamburg, Berlin, Nuremberg, and Dresden, and he looks at the devastating effect that these campaigns had on the Germans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelying on a wide range of sources, including interviews with Allied pilots and eyewitness civilian accounts, Battlefields in the Air offers a fascinating look at a dramatic chapter in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lorimer, James \u0026 Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035389739248,"sku":"9781550284911","price":25.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550284911_p0.jpg?v=1763755859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550284911","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}