The Pathfinders by Will Iredale
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The Pathfinders
- The Elite RAF Force That Turned the Tide of WWII
- By: Will Iredale
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Categories: History
Publisher's Summary
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Military History Matters Book of the Year Bronze Award Winner
The incredible story of the crack team of men and women who transformed RAF Bomber Command and helped the Allies deliver decisive victory over Nazi Germany.
The Pathfinders were ordinary men and women from a range of nations who revolutionised the efficiency of the Allies' air campaign over mainland Europe. They elevated Bomber Command—initially the only part of the Allied war effort capable of attacking the heart of Nazi Germany—from an impotent force on the cusp of disintegration in 1942 to one capable of razing whole German cities to the ground in a single night, striking with devastating accuracy, inspiring fear and loathing in Hitler's senior command.
With exclusive interviews with remaining survivors, personal diaries and previously classified records, The Pathfinders brings to life the characters of the airmen and women—many barely out of their teens—who took to the skies in legendary British aircraft such as the Lancaster and the Mosquito, facing almost unimaginable levels of violence from enemy fighter planes to strike at the heart of the Nazi war machine.
©2021 Will Iredale (P)2021 Penguin Audio
PHILIP DARIES
The high cost of victory
Well presented giving insight into the horrors of war including genius to bring about subjection to the intentions of an evil regime, involving the best of talents and flying skills
Alex
A great insight into the activities of the pathfinders.
This offered a great insight into the trials and tribulations of the pathfinder airmen and women. The additional information from veterans diaries added a very human element which I found quite moving especially as I grew up around the derelict 8 Group airfields many years after the war.