Friday Morning Talks: Bombing Britain – With Chris Goss

Join us for our Friday morning talk, with historian Chris Goss a who will be speaking about the Luftwaffe bombing campaign against mainland Britain. Chris has successfully published many books under Pen and Sword.

When war was declared in September 1939, most German bombers were unable to reach mainland Britain but could attack shipping in the North Sea.  There was also an unease about dropping bombs on the mainland in case it caused an escalation.  However, following the invasion of France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940, all of Britain was now within bombing range and the first major attack took place on the night of 18 June 1940.  This was then followed by the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Baedeker Blitz of 1942 and the Baby Blitz of 1944.  The talk will show how the German’s bombing war escalated and commensurate with an improvement of RAF night defences. It then waned to such an extent that for the last year of the war, German bombers were almost non-existent over the night skies of Britain.

After a 32-year career in the RAF and three years working for a civilian company as its Head of Operations, Chris Goss is now a full-time aviation author and military historian writing under Pen and Sword. He is the author of over 40 critically acclaimed books covering aspects of the 2nd World War air war over North- West Europe. He is a historical consultant for a number of major projects, such as the recovery of the Dornier 17 by the RAF Museum and Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and for TV channels such as The History Channel and Channel 5’s The Battle of Britain: 3 Days that Saved a Nation.

This talk will take place onsite in the Museum’s Learning Centre and is included in Museum admission or Annual Membership.

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