Austria | Mike Croissant

Jul 64 min read

Acts of compassion and humanity under the bombs

One of the things that sets Bombing Hitler's Hometown apart from most other books about the air war is that I weave in the stories of...

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Jan 42 min read

An Unexpected Visitor

On the flight back to Italy after the harrowing mission to Linz on 25 April 1945, Staff Sergeant Bill Gorrall had watched a defeated...

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Jan 1, 20215 min read

Unbowed: The Story of Art Jurado

I conducted extensive interviews and research for Bombing Hitler's Hometown, but there was no way to include every story and anecdote in...

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Nov 11, 20206 min read

A Rookie Bomber Crew’s Baptism by Fire (Part I)

I interviewed more than fifty veterans for Bombing Hitler's Hometown, but I inevitably had to leave some material on the cutting room...

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