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RAF’s bloodiest raid: Nuremberg, 1944. A generation’s untold story.

The Red Line

The Gripping Story of the RAF’s Bloodiest Raid on Hitler’s Germany

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    320 pages

  • Release Date

    20 January 2014

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Summary

From best-selling author of Tail-End Charlie and Tornado Down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of Bomber Command’s 1944 Nuremberg Raid – the RAF’s bloodiest night of the Second World War

More men from Royal Air Force Bomber Command died on one single night of the Second World War than the total RAF aircrew losses during the whole of the four-month-long Battle of Britain.

This is the story of the air raid intended to be the climax of Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris’s re…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780007486854
ISBN-10:0007486855
Author:John Nichol
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:William Collins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:20 January 2014
Weight:310g
Dimensions:26mm x 129mm x 198mm
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The Red Line by John Nichol - ISBN: 9780007486854
129 × 198 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘A truly epic tale of courage and sacrifice – an intensely moving epitaph to the men of Bomber Command’ ANDY McNAB
‘Full of poignant episodes … A fitting tribute to the raw courage of these young men’ Daily Express

About The Author

John Nichol

John Nichol is a former RAF flight lieutenant whose Tornado bomber was shot down on a mission over Iraq during the first Gulf War in 1991. He was captured and made a prisoner of war. He is the bestselling co-author of Tornado Down, The Last Escape, and Tail-end Charlies. He is also a journalist and widely quoted military commentator.

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