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Richard Overy

Biography

Richard Overy

Richard Overy is a professor of history at the University of Exeter. A leading expert in World War II history, he has written more than 20 books, including WHY THE ALLIES WON and THE TWILIGHT YEARS.

Richard Overy

Books by Richard Overy

The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe 1940-1945
by Richard Overy - History, Nonfiction

From acclaimed World War II historian Richard Overy comes this startling new history of the controversial Allied bombing war against Germany and German-occupied Europe. In the fullest account yet of the campaign and its consequences, Overy assesses not just the bombing strategies and pattern of operations, but also how the bombed communities coped with the devastation.