This playlist is Lord HardThrasher’s series on the bomber war over Europe in the Second World War, covering RAF Bomber Command, the USAAF, strategic bombing, bombing accuracy, the Butt Report, the Norden bombsight, Hamburg, Dresden, area bombing, precision bombing, and the moral and military arguments around the Allied bombing campaign. It asks whether strategic bombing worked, why early bombing failed so badly, how Bomber Command improved, what the Americans and British got right and wrong, and why the bomber offensive remains one of the most controversial parts of the war.
Curated by: HardThrasher (15 videos)
The background to the Dams raid; how it came into being and how it fitted into the assault on Nazi Germany. In which we discuss Banes Wallis, Arthur Harris and a man called Winterbotham THESE LINKS ARE ONLY FOR THE SERIOUSLY SEXY Merch! - https://hardthrasher-shop.fourthwall.com Patreon– https://patreon.com/LordHardThrasher Bibliography James Holland – Dambusters the Races to Smash the Dams 1943 Max Hastings – Chastise – The Dambusters Story Alan Cooper – The Battle of the Ruhr Adam Tooze – The Wages of Destruction Martin Millbrook and Chris Everett – The Bomber Command War Diaries Edward Westerman – Flak German Anti Aircraft Defences [sic] 1914-1945 Tami Davis Biddle – Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare Donald A Miller - Masters of the Air