Allied Bombing and the destruction of German cities

A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 277-296

  Overy, Richard ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925594835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139052382.016     Document Type: Chapter

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