What did they do in the war?
Angus Calder, 20 June 1985
The Right of the Line: The Royal Air Force in the European War 1939-1945
by John Terraine.
Hodder, 841 pp., £14.95, March 1985,0 340 26644 9 Show More
by John Terraine.
Hodder, 841 pp., £14.95, March 1985,
The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book
by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt.
Viking, 804 pp., £25, May 1985,0 670 80137 2 Show More
by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt.
Viking, 804 pp., £25, May 1985,
’45: The Final Drive from the Rhine to the Baltic
by Charles Whiting.
Century, 192 pp., £7.95, March 1985,0 7126 0812 5 Show More
by Charles Whiting.
Century, 192 pp., £7.95, March 1985,
In the Ruins of the Reich
by Douglas Botting.
Allen and Unwin, 248 pp., £9.95, May 1985,9780049430365 Show More
by Douglas Botting.
Allen and Unwin, 248 pp., £9.95, May 1985,
1945: The World We Fought For
by Robert Kee.
Hamish Hamilton, 371 pp., £12.95, May 1985,0 241 11531 0 Show More
by Robert Kee.
Hamish Hamilton, 371 pp., £12.95, May 1985,
VE Day: Victory in Europe 1945
by Robin Cross.
Sidgwick, 223 pp., £12.95, May 1985,0 283 99220 4 Show More
by Robin Cross.
Sidgwick, 223 pp., £12.95, May 1985,
One Family’s War
edited by Patrick Mayhew.
Hutchinson, 237 pp., £10.95, May 1985,0 7126 0812 5 Show More
edited by Patrick Mayhew.
Hutchinson, 237 pp., £10.95, May 1985,
Poems of the Second World War: The Oasis Selection
edited by Victor Selwyn.
Dent, 386 pp., £12, May 1985,0 460 10432 2 Show More
edited by Victor Selwyn.
Dent, 386 pp., £12, May 1985,
Victory in Europe: D Day to VE Day
by Max Hastings and George Stevens.
Weidenfeld, 192 pp., £10.95, April 1985,0 297 78650 4 Show More
by Max Hastings and George Stevens.
Weidenfeld, 192 pp., £10.95, April 1985,
“... the former and 28.7 per cent of the latter were killed. The death rate in bombers was exceptional. Charles Whiting, in his ’45: The Final Drive from the Rhine to the Baltic, provides repulsive detail which makes such statistics all too vivid. Eight months after D Day, one company of the 2nd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders had just three men left out ... ”