At the beginning of the summer, my sons and I were captivated by the riveting Apple TV series Masters of the Air. I was therefore enthusiastic to carry my copy of James Holland’s book The Bomber War (Penguin Random House) in my backpack. Those who follow this blog know how much of a fan I am of this talented author. Full disclosure, I intend to review every one of the books he published in the Ladybird Expert Series.

While air power played a role “in Germany’s rapid victory in Poland” at the very beginning of World War II, the same could not be said in the following chapters of the conflict. “The tiny British island of Malta, for example, was not defeated despite in the spring of 1942 briefly becoming the most bombed place on earth”, writes the incomparable historian.

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