A history of the ten days that destroyed Hamburg. Using interviews with both the airmen who flew in 1943 and civilians who experienced the bombing, and extensive research in the Hamburg local archives, this is a reconstruction of a terrifying event: the worst man-made firestorm in history.

‘Compelling, startling and gripping. The definitive account of a great tragedy.’ – A.C. Grayling, Financial Times

‘Scrupulous… sensitive to all the paradoxes of the bombing war’ – Richard Overy, Literary Review