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Sent from paris and and to german cities. using looted property the nazi regime was able to compensate those who suffered from the first wave of british bombing. in late one nine hundred forty two party agents received three hundred seventy thousand claims for compensation for which the state immediately paid out one hundred twenty six million marks that was a relatively small sum for a regime that had billions at its disposal from europes jews it would not be easy for bombers to bring an end to...

The prof was able to convince churchill. for that remained was to find the man and able to conduct this dirty war. one name stood out as the obvious choice. arthur harris soon to be nicknamed. the new air officer commanding in chief of our a.f. bomber command was made for this particular mission a former pilot he had earned his stripes on bombing runs in the colonies where he gained his unshakable faith in aerial weaponry. gladly took up the challenge that many thought impossible to win world wa...

For bombers to bring an end to such a powerful empire. but the fierce battle had begun. in britain bomber command was now receiving a third of the defense budget factories began producing a new category of plane heavy bombers. the average lancaster and the halifax were twice the size of germanys hind calls from the blitz. in early one nine hundred forty three harris refined his strategy he decided to concentrate on cities in the hood valley that ice leading industrial region was also its most po...

After harris soon to be nicknamed bomber harris. the new air officer commanding in chief of our a.f. bomber command was made for this particular mission and a former pilot he had earned his stripes on bombing runs in the colonies where he gained his unshakable faith in aerial weaponry. he gladly took up the challenge that many thought impossible to win world war two soley by air raids action. well. that never been tried yet. and rostock were two of harriss early triumphs the targets chosen were ...

To be certain of hitting them he proposed extending the target range to include entire cities. this technique was dubbed carpet bombing. the engineers of bomber command also developed a lethal technique. a first wave of explosive bombs would blow off the roofs of buildings. a barrel of incendiary bombs would then stop mass fires. and a second wave of explosive bombs would prevent firemen from extinguishing the flanks . up.

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Last. the air on the night of july twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred forty three british bomber command launched one of its largest raids against hamburg germany second largest city. the pilot recounted how they had left behind an enormous inferno whose glow they could still see three hundred kilometers away. in one night three hundred fifty thousand homes were destroyed the working class neighborhood of hama brooke was totally demolished all told there were forty two thousand six hundred...

So had the aerial bombing campaigns open for nothing. for seven million germans hundreds three hundred fifty thousand civilians killed by bombs with double that number wounded that raised the question could people be both victims and perpetrators. during british victory celebrations churchill did not say a word about bomber command of the tens of thousands of pilots who had died on missions he conveniently omitted that he himself had initiated and supported this strategy. and given bomber harris...