Bombing Hitler's Hometown

The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe

By: Mike Croissant

Narrated by: J. Rodney Turner

In April 1945, Linz was one of Nazi Germany's most vital assets. It was a crucial transportation hub and communications center, with railyards brimming with war materiel destined for the front lines. Linz was also the town Hitler claimed as home and had long intended to remake as the cultural capital of Europe, filling its planned Fuehrermuseum with world-famous art stolen from his conquered territories.

Inevitably, Linz was also one of the most heavily defended targets remaining in Europe. The airmen of the Fifteenth Air Force were a mix of seasoned veterans and newcomers. As their mission was unveiled in the predawn hours of April 25th, audible groans and muffled expletives passed many lips. The reality of that mission would prove more brutal than any imagined.

Drawing on interviews with dozens of America's last surviving World War II veterans, as well as previously unpublished sources, Mike Croissant compellingly relates one of the war's last truly untold stories—a gripping chronicle of warfare, the death of Nazi Germany, and the beginning of the Cold War. It is also a timeless tale of courage and terror, loss and redemption, humanity and savagery.

©2024 Michael P. Croissant (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

First hand accounts

Very riveting details of what our servicemen experienced during such uncertain circumstances in a foreign country.

These old stories

Another brilliant telling of our heroes now almost all gone Hopefully never to be forgotten The sacrifices these young men took for freedom The horrors they endured and inflicted The good things and bad things they did