Parachute to Berlin (Paperback)

As Allied air force bombers mercilessly pound Nazi Germany every night in late 1943, the decision is made to send a number of journalists on a mission to Berlin. One of them was a young American journalist Lowell Bennett, who had made his name reporting on the Allied invasion of Tunisia. When their Avro Lancaster is hit by Luftwaffe fighters, everyone is forced to bail out. Bennett was taken prisoner upon landing in Germany. Before delivering him to a prison camp for the duration of the war, Bennett’s captor, a German officer, decides to take him on a tour of various German cities, a submarine base, and the Ruhr in order to let the journalist see for himself the terrible suffering of the civilian population, the prime target of Allied bombing. In this vivid first-hand account of his experiences, Bennett expresses his indignation at this selective bombing and vehemently criticises the Allies' strategic bombing policies. Controversial at the time of its publication in 1945, Bennett's account remains the only first-hand report by an Allied journalist of the RAF and USAAF bombing raids seen from ground level.

General

Imprint:	Casemate Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2023
Authors:	Lowell Bennett • Alan Bennett
Dimensions:	228 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-63624-316-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Air forces & warfare Books > History > General
LSN:	1-63624-316-9
Barcode:	9781636243160

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