The Other Battle of Britain 1940 - Bomber Command's Forgotten Summer

WHILE the heroic exploits of ‘The Few’ of Fighter Command are rightly lauded, those of ‘The Many’ of Bomber Command often remain overlooked. Night after night, the bomber crews ranged across Europe seeking out and attacking targets in anall-out effort to undermine the German war effort against Britain and prevent invasion.The Other Battle of Britain tells the stories of the young men who carried out dangerous missions on a nightly basis, battling against both the enemy and the elements, relying on a mix of nerve, skills and luck to hit their target and make it home. Faced with flak and fighters, exposed to the harsh weather conditions and operating at the edge of their capabilities, for the young men of Bomber Command, this was ‘The Other Battle of Britain’.

Paul Tweddle is a Classics teacher by profession and is currently Director of Co-Curriculum and Enrichment at Holmewood House, near Tunbridge Wells. He has held a life-long passion for the two world wars and has taught aspects of the wars and run battlefield tours throughout his career. He has authored several articles for the Modern History Review on WWII, was a military obituary writer for The Annual Obituary 1985-1993, has contributed to and edited the Classics SATIPS journal and wrote Into the Night Sky: RAF Middleton St. George- a Bomber Airfield at War.