The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable
Intelligence Squared
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The Avatar Bomb
In the First World War, Germany bombed these islands, sending over Zeplins and Gothis. There were not that many casualties in comparison to bombing casualties in the Second World War. But there were just enough to terrorize everybody who thought bigger and better airplanes, bigger bombs, more bomb tonnage, were to fall on a country. This was a new and a terrible weapon, and people were very frightened of it. And so planning for bombing was instituted early. In 1939, Reynolds studies looked in Avatar: The Terror Bomb by Paul Rees-Mogg (1940), which is published by Simon & Schuster at £16.99. It's out now; you can
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