Operation Millennium

A detached yet moving account of the first thousand bomber raid which ultimately reduced the population of Cologne by ninety-five per cent. `Operation Millennium' was the terrible culmination of months of pressure from 'Bomber' Harris to get this new and deadly strategy accepted. It was an extraordinary feat of organization involving 1,048 bombers, over 6,000 aircrew and 53 British airfields. To ensure the success of this first strike of the Allied blitz, 'maximum effort' was the order. The Royal Air Force waged a merciless campaign against any airmen who showed faltering commitment, ruthlessly trying them by court martial as 'lacking moral fibre'.
In this impressive and uncompromising picture of the war in the skies, the atmosphere of night bomber stations is vividly recalled -the comradeship, the courage lightly worn, the pity and the fear. The raid on Cologne is remembered by the crews of Bomber Command and the unlucky citizens of Cologne who endured the night raids. Eric Taylor has interviewed Britons and Germans, aggressors and victims. Their eyewitness accounts testify to the horror and heroism on both sides of this unprecedented raid.


by Eric Taylor
Published by Robert Hale 1987 1st edition. 218pp illustrated, index, appendix, bibliography. 16x24 mint, including d/j.





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