The Battle of Hamburg (book)

The Battle of Hamburg (subtitled: The Firestorm Raid (UK edition) or Allied Bomber Forces against a German City in 1943 (US edition)) is a book by the British military historian Martin Middlebrook describing the combined RAF Bomber Command and USAAF 8th Air Force attacks on the German city of Hamburg in the summer of 1943.

The Battle of Hamburg

Front cover of the 1981 US edition
Author	Martin Middlebrook
Subject	Battle of Hamburg
Genre	non-fiction
Publisher	Allen Lane, Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication date	1980, 1981

The raids were carried out under the codename Operation Gomorrah and the initial attack became infamous for creating the phenomenon known as a firestorm, which caused great destruction to the city and its inhabitants.

The book attempts to give a non-partisan account and goes into well researched detail about the raid, which includes interviews with participants from both sides of the battle.

References

• The Battle of Hamburg–The Firestorm Raid by Martin Middlebrook - Cassell - 2000 - ISBN 0-304-35345-0