Intelligence Squared

The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable

May 12, 2014
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
What Would It Change Your Mind?
01:50 • 2min
3
Bombing of Civilian Populations Is Not a Good Thing to Do
03:46 • 4min
4
The Avatar Bomb
07:53 • 5min
5
The Second World War - Did We Do Everything We Did?
12:29 • 4min
6
Two Quotes From the BBC Radio Commentary on the Battle of Cologne
16:08 • 2min
7
The Bombing of Coventry
17:51 • 6min
8
Bombing Germany - The End of the World
23:23 • 6min
9
The Bomber Command in the 1930s
29:16 • 3min
10
Bombing - The Biggest Offensive of All Time
32:30 • 3min
11
What Did It Do?
35:14 • 6min
12
Allied Bombing of Germany in the Autumn of 1942
41:05 • 3min
13
The Second World War in Europe Was Going to End in May 1945
43:54 • 3min
14
A Brief History of the War on Terror
46:24 • 4min
15
Did the Germans Develop an Atomic Bomb?
50:31 • 2min
16
Is Strategic Bombing a Good Idea?
52:05 • 3min
17
Strategic Bombing
54:54 • 5min
18
Are We Going to Shorten the War?
59:40 • 3min
19
Aerial Bombing Was Good for British Morale, Essentially?
01:02:20 • 2min
20
What Would Have Been the Fallout Had the Nazis Used Atomic Weapons?
01:04:16 • 3min
21
Do You Think the Atomic Bomb Was a Good Idea?
01:07:23 • 3min
22
The Boy's Toy's Question
01:10:11 • 2min
23
The Royal Air Force Was Not Justified in Learning Lessons From Spain, Poland and the May War
01:12:01 • 2min
24
What Should We Do With Germany After the Second World War?
01:14:15 • 3min
25
The Bombing Campaign Was Strategically Illogical
01:17:09 • 4min
26
British and the RAF Started the Second World War With a Hand That Had Been Handed
01:21:09 • 2min
27
The History of the Second World War
01:22:46 • 5min