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THE NIGHT HAMBURG DIED

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The full story of the bomber raids that turned Hamburg into an inferno of flame and left 70.000 dead in the ruins.

Characteristics

Book cover finish Hardcover ( square back binding )
Special features Original edition ( O.E. or Or.E )
Condition Used acceptable
Number of pages 158
Published date 1960
Size 17.14 x 19.68 x 1.2 cm
Author Martin Caidin
Editor Ballantine books

Description

On the night of July 24/25, 1943, nearly 800 British heavy bombers launched one of the most massive raids of the war against the German city of Hamburg. Overpowering and confusing the German fighter forces, they unleashed 2300 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs. Within thirty minutes, they had sown the seeds of thousands of fires in the most thickly populated districts.   Ravaging and gutting, the angry flames leaped from block to block until a pillar of fire towered thousands of feet above the dying city. Winds caused by the fire up-rooted trees, ripped the roofs off houses. Now Hamburg was a roaring inferno, a gigantic torch visible for a hundred miles.  It was the greatest fire in the history of the world—no force of man or nature could extinguish this cauldron of flame, no one caught in its path could survive. It would sear and consume the city until there was nothing left to burn... Drawn from official German and Allied records, THE NIGHT HAMBURG DIED is the full story of the holocaust of fire that wiped a city off the map and struck terror into the hearts of the German people.

À PROPOS DE CET AUTEUR
Martin Caidin

Martin Caidin ( September 14th, 1927 - March 24th, 1997 ) was born in New York City ( New York, United States ). At the age of 15, he lived on his own in New York, where he met the astronomer Carl Sagan ( 1934 - 1996 ). 


Martin Caidin began writing fiction in 1957. His best - known novel is Cyborg, which was the basis for The Six Million Dollar Man franchise. Some other books with movie tie - ins include The Final Countdown and novels featuring adventure - archaeologist Indiana Jones : Indiana Jones and the Sky Pirates ( 1993 ) and Indiana Jones and the White Witch ( 1994 ). 


During 1961, Martin Caidin was one of the pilots of a formation flight of Boeing B - 17 Flying Fortresses across the Atlantic Ocean, likely the last such flight, from the United States to England via Canada, the Azores and Portugal. He recounted this journey in his book Everything But The Flak


Martin Caidin bought and restored to full airworthiness the oldest surviving Junkers Ju 52 aircraft ( Ju 52 / 3m, Serial No. 5489 ) which he named " Iron Annie ". He was pilot - in - command of " Iron Annie " on November 14th, 1981, when 19 people walked on one of its wings, a world record. After touring extensively among shows of vintage military aircraft, or warbirds, " Iron Annie " was sold to Lufthansa in 1984. 


Additionally, Martin Caidin wrote an aircraft manual for the Messerschmitt Bf 108, which has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as the standard manual for the plane, and twice won the Aviation / Space Writers Association Award for the outstanding author on aviation. Martin Caidin also established a company with the purpose of promoting aeronautics to young people. 


( source : Wikipedia )

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