I Must Not Burn: The Bombing of Dresden 1945
Conflicted: A History Podcast
Sir Arthur Harris - The Greatest Bomber of All Time
Sir arthur harris was the architect of a coordinated bombing offensive designed specifically to obliterate german population centers. His path to that position had been long, hard fought and unconventional. At age 16 he baled on his middle class english upbringing and hopped a boat to africa. After briefly fighting in the infantry, he volunteered for a post in the newly created royal air force. He said he was ermined to find some way of going to war in a sitting posture. And he was good at it too.
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