Having entered the Second World War practically without heavy bomber aircraft, Great Britain managed to create a combat-ready connection of such vehicles as soon as possible, launching three types of 4-engine bombers - Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster (in total, more than 16 thousand aircraft), which, due to the lack of reliable fighter cover, were forced to operate mainly at night. Loudly declaring itself "raids of a thousand bombers" already in 1942, by the end of the war the Bomber Command was a powerful strike fist, and merciless night raids became a real nightmare for Germany. The Royal Air Force made a significant contribution to the victory over Nazism, crushing the economic power of the Third Reich - and committed some of the worst war crimes of the 20th century, which are comparable to the atrocities of the Nazis: the British bombing swept away entire cities, deliberately destroying tens of thousands of civilians, as happened in Dresden. But the Churchill Falcons themselves paid a high price for the victory - if the British army has lost 36 thousand soldiers and officers since the landing in Normandy, then the losses of the Bomber Command in World War II exceeded 55 thousand people. In a new book from a leading aviation historian, you'll find comprehensive information on all of Churchill's heavy bombers - their creation, production and combat use. The publication is illustrated with hundreds of drawings and photographs.