BOOK BOMBER OFFENSIVE (EUROPE DESTROYED) (BOX49)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 BOMBER OFFENSIVE: THE DEVASTATION OF EUROPE                                                             (BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED CAMPAIGN HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO: BOOK NUMBER SEVEN   01905-9-100)

AUTHOR: NOBLE FRANKLAND

**THE EDITORIAL TEAM PRODUCING BALLANTINE'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF WORLD WAR TWO;                                                                                                                              AUTHOR: NOBLE FRANKLAND                                                                                              EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:  BARRIE PILL                                                                                              ART DIRECTOR: PETER DUNBAR                                                                                                MILITARY CONSULTANT: CAPTAIN SIR BASIL LIDDELL HART                                                DESIGNER: SARAH KINGHAM                                                                                              SPECIAL DRAWINGS: JOHN BATCHELOR                                                                                  CARTOGRAPHER: RICHARD NATKIEL                                                                                      COVER:  DENIS PIPER                                                                                                            RESEARCH ASSISTANT: YVONNE MARSH

COPYRIGHT: 1970 BY NOBLE FRANKLAND

SBN 345-91905-9-100

FIRST PRINTING: APRIL 1970

**THE ALLIED FORCES WHICH UNDERTOOK THE BOMBING OF EUROPE HAD BEEN GIVEN A BRIEF: DESTROY THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE, "THE ECONOMY WHICH FEEDS IT, THE MORALE WHICH SUSTAINS IT, THE SUPPLIES WHICH NOURISH IT, AND THE HOPES OF VICTORY WHICH INSPIRE IT"; BUT THEY HAD TO DEVELOP AND TRY THE METHODS OF ACCOMPLISHING THIS TASK AND BUILD UP THE NECESSARY FORCES TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AS YET UNPROVEN.