Miller takes readers from the adrenaline filled battles in the sky, to the airbases across England, the German prison camps, and onto the ground to understand the devastation faced by civilians.ĭrawn from interviews, oral histories, and American, British and German archives, Masters of the Air is the authoritative, deeply moving and important account of the world's first and only bomber war. But they were also an elite group of fighters who put their lives on the line in the most dangerous role of all. Miller, John Henry McCracken Professor of History, published his book Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany to critical acclaim. Unlike ground soldiers they slept on clean beds, drank beer in local pubs, and danced to the swing music of the travelling Air Force bands. Historian and World War II expert Donald Miller brings us the story of the bomber boys who brought the war to Hitler's doorstep. Meet the Flying Fortresses of the American Eighth Air Force, Britain’s Lancaster comrades, who helped to bring down the Nazis

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