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Compelling... sensitive, colourful and moving' -- Saul David, Telegraph'Fascinating and utterly gripping' -- James Holland'Absorbing' -- Daily Mail Book of the WeekThe 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 campa...

Dark low-level raids, dodging anti-aircraft flak to make pinpoint-accurate drops - the incredible story of ordinary men and women who took to the skies to mark bomb targets inside Hitler's GermanyThe Pathfinders were the crack team that transformed the hit rate in the RAF's Bomber Command from 24% in August 1942 to an incredible 96% hit rate by 1945. They transformed Bomber Command - the only part of the Allied war effort capable of attacking ...

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In May 1945, with victory in Europe established, the war was all but over. But on the other side of the world, the Allies were still engaged in a bitter struggle to control the Pacific. And it was then that the Japanese unleashed a terrible new form of warfare: the suicide pilots, or Kamikaze. Drawing on meticulous research and unique personal access to the remaining survivors, Will Iredale follows a group of young men from the moment they sig...

I kamikaze, i piloti suicidi giapponesi, sono stati determinanti durante la seconda guerra mondiale, nel conflitto che ebbe luogo nel Pacifico: i colpi inferti agli Alleati non erano soltanto militari (navi affondate, uomini uccisi), ma anche e soprattutto psicologici. I soldati anglo-americani erano spiazzati, impreparati, terrorizzati. La lucidità, i piani, le tecniche apprese si rivelavano inutili contro nemici pronti a morire. Pochi uomini...