During the Second World War, Allied air forces dropped nearly
two million tons of bombs on Germany, destroying some 60 cities,
killing more than half a million German citizens, and leaving
80,000 pilots dead. But the terrible truth is that much of the
bombing was carried out against the expressed demands of the
Allied military leadership, leading to the needless deaths of
hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Focusing on the crucial period from 1942 to 1945, Fire and
Fury tells the story of the American and British bombing
campaign through the eyes of those involved: the military and
civilian command in America, Britain, and Germany, the aircrews in
the skies who carried out their orders, and civilians on the ground
who felt the fury of the Allied attacks. Here, for the first time,
the story of the American and British air campaigns is told-and the
cost accounted for...
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