The air raid on Halberstadt on 8 April 1945 / Alexander Kluge ; translated by Martin Chalmers.

On April 8, 1945, several American bomber squadrons were informed that their German targets were temporarily unavailable due to cloud cover. As it was too late to turn back, the assembled ordnance of more than two hundred bombers was diverted to nearby Halberstadt. A mid-sized cathedral town of no p...

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Uniform Title:Luftangriff auf Halberstadt am 8. April 1945. English
Main Author: Kluge, Alexander, 1932- (Author)
Other Authors: Chalmers, Martin (Translator)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
German
Published: London ; New York : Seagull Books, 2014.
Series:German list.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Germany > Halberstadt.
Bombing, Aerial > Germany > Halberstadt.
Halberstadt (Germany) > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations.
Military operations, Aerial.
Germany > Halberstadt.
Luftangriff.
Halberstadt.
1939-1945
Geschichte 1945
History.
Genre:
History.
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Physical Description:138 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
On April 8, 1945, several American bomber squadrons were informed that their German targets were temporarily unavailable due to cloud cover. As it was too late to turn back, the assembled ordnance of more than two hundred bombers was diverted to nearby Halberstadt. A mid-sized cathedral town of no particular industrial or strategic importance, Halberstadt was almost totally destroyed, and a then-thirteen-year-old Alexander Kluge watched his town burn to the ground.
Call Number:D757.9.H293 K5813 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780857420794
0857420798