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German Historians and the Bombing of German Cities : The Contested Air War

By Bas von Benda-Beckmann

Book information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9789048525829, 9789089647818
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1854206 bytes)
Series
NIOD Studies on War, Holocaust and Genocide Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
293\293
Time added
2023-08-15 09:44:50

Description

Today, strategic aerial bombardments of urban areas that harm civilians, at times intentionally, are becoming increasingly common in global conflicts. This book reveals the history of these tactics as employed by nations that initiated aerial bombardments of civilians after World War I and during World War II. As one of the major symbols of German suffering, the Allied bombing left a strong imprint on German society. Bas von Benda-Beckmann explores how German historical accounts reflected debates on postwar identity and looks at whether the history of the air war forms a counternarrative against the idea of German collective guilt. Provocative and unflinching, this study offers a valuable contribution to German historiography.

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