Schweinfurt-Regensburg Mission

A detailed history of the American World War II bombing mission over Nazi Germany, by the author of The First Day on the Somme.On August 17, 1943, the entire strength of the American heavy bomber forces in England set out to raid two major industrial complexes deep in southern Germany: the Messerschmitt aircraft factory and the KGF ball bearing plant. For American commanders, it was the culminatio...