Who Bombed Milan In 1943
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The Bombers and the Bombed
The ultimate history of the Allied bombing campaigns in World War II Technology shapes the nature of all wars, and the Second World War hinged on a most unpredictable weapon: the bomb. Day and night, Britain and the United States unleashed massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize occupied Europe, destroying its cities. The grisly consequences call into question how “moral” a war the Allies fought. The Bombers and the Bombed radically overhauls our understanding of World War II. It pairs the story of the civilian front line in the Allied air war alongside the political context that shaped their strategic bombing campaigns, examining the responses to bombing and being bombed with renewed clarity. The first book to examine seriously not only the well-known attacks on Dresden and Hamburg but also the significance of the firebombing on other fronts, including Italy, where the crisis was far more severe than anything experienced in Germany, this is Richard Overy’s finest work yet. It is a rich reminder of the terrible military, technological, and ethical issues that relentlessly drove all the war’s participants into an abyss.
Pope Paul VI and His Quest for Peace: 1963-1978
Author: Rev John F Tuohey PhD.
language: en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date: 2024-11-27
Pope Paul VI, 1963-1978, ranks among the most influential even if less recognized figures in the history of the twentieth and we can even say twenty-first century Roman Catholic Church. He inherited and embraced what he had first described as the “hornet’s nest” of Vatican Council II created by his friend and predecessor John XXIII. In fulling the mandate of aggirornamento, renewing and updating the Church, Paul VI took particular interest in the Church’s engagement in the modern world as an instrument of peace. It was to the pursuit of peace that he dedicated his papacy, setting aside the traditional role of a pope as a neutral party and possible mediator and embracing the role of humanity’s moral conscience, speaking out in ways that suggested he was choosing sides. The US State Department suggested his vision of neutrality was “unbalanced” because of his persistent condemnation of the US bombing strategy in Vietnam. A singular moment in his quest for world peace was his unprecedented address to the United Nations General Assembly sixty years ago on October 4, 1965. There he boldly challenged the 116 represented nations to “move forward” to a world where there was “Never again one against the other! Never again war!” It is to mark this 60th anniversary that the two volumes of “Pope Paul VI and His Quest for World Peace” are written. Volume 1, “Never again war!” examines his historic 1965 visit to New York and his guiding through Vatican Council II changes in Church teaching in finding a “new attitude” towards war and peace. Volume 1 also explores in detail his unusual relationship with President Johnson and the role he played in the initiation of the Paris Peace Talks that would eventually end US military engagement in Southeast Asia. Volume 2, “If you want peace...,” provides a commentary on the annual New Year’s Peace Messages he first gave in 1968 and continued throughout the remainder of his papacy. In these he offers an “exact idea of peace,” seeking to move humanity away from the both ancient and contemporary adage, “If you want peace prepare for war” towards a more positive, “If you want peace promote human rights” (1969) and “work for justice” (1972). In these two volumes Tuohey gives a coherent and compelling narrative of key historical moments and theological insight into this sometimes described as “forgotten” pope, bringing the pope and his message back to mind for the benefit of humanity.
The Bomber Command War Diaries
The essential WWII historical reference detailing RAF Bomber Command’s extensive campaign of strategic bombings across occupied Europe. The Royal Air Force Bomber Command's strategic bombing campaign started on the first day of the Second World War and ended five and a half years later with the final victory in Europe. It was a campaign of such enormous scale that historians have only recently begun to piece together the finer details of the individual raids. Aviation historian Martin Middlebrook and his research colleague, Chris Everitt, were the first to compile a complete review of all the raids and their background stories. The Bomber Command War Diaries not only documents every Bomber Command operation but also details their effects on the ground, drawing on local archives from Germany, Italy, and the occupied countries. It is a groundbreaking work on historical research, bringing together the two sides of Bomber Command’s war. This edition includes retrospective observations and a new appendix.