Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940-1945: Bombing Among Friends

by Matthew Evangelista

Tens of thousands of Italian civilians perished in the Allied bombing raids of World War II. More of them died after the armistice of September 1943 than before, when the air attacks were intended to induce Italy's surrender.

Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940-1945 addresses this seeming paradox, by examining the views of Allied political and military leaders, Allied air crews, and Italians on the ground. It tells...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032325968
• ISBN13: 9781032325965
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages