German Historians and the Bombing of German Cities

The Contested Air War

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvBas Von Benda-Beckmann

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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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Utgivningsdatum2025-12-01
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt540 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieWar, Conflict and Genocide Studies
Antal sidor292
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041180241

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Introduction, Chapter 1 Putting the Allies on trial Historical accounts of the Allied air war in the early Federal Republic, 1945-1970, Chapter 2 Dresden and the Cold War: East-West Debates on the Bombing of Dresden, 1945-1970, Chapter 3 A Past becomes History The professionalizing of military historiography of the air war in the Federal Republic since the 1970s, Chapter 4 Imperialist Air War East German historiography and the work of Olaf Groehler, 1965-1995, Chapter 5 Breaking Taboos : Jörg Friedrich and the Rediscovery of the Allied Bombings in the United Germany, Conclusion: The Allied bombings as a German catastrophe, Abbreviations, Bibliography