Prologue
Norfolk and Heligoland bight, 18 December 1939
In the beginning, Trenchard: British bomber policy, 1917-40
Squadron, Norfolk, 1940-41
Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940-41
Crisis of confidence, 1941-42
The coming of area bombing, 1942
Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942
Harris conducts an overture
Operations
Protest and policy, 1942-43
Dissent
Casablanca-the airmen victorious
The tools of darkness
Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943
The Ruhr
Hamburg
Courage
The other side of the hill: Germany 1940-44
The destruction
The defenses
Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire
Conflict and compromise, 1943-44
The battle of Berlin
The American breakthrough
Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944
"A quiet trip all round": Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944
Saturation
The balance sheet
Appendix A: Bomber command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939-45
Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939-45
Appendix C:
The target indicator board at Bomber Command HQ, High Wycombe, at the beginning of February 1945
Appendix D: Comparison of British and German production of selected armaments, 1940-44
Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by bomber command, 1942-45
Appendix F: Comparison of Allied and German aircraft production, 1939-45.