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)
Just getting into a Bomber took guts. To do it twice required balls of steel. What happened when men wouldn't or couldn't continue to fly? We'll look at the dangers they faced, what the RAF and the USAAF did to tackle the problem and talk about the infamous "LMF" cases in the RAF Join the Hellfire Club here! - patreon.com/LordHardThrasher Buy Merch here! - https://hardthrasher-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp Email me here! – lordhardthrasher@gmail.com Shout at my Socials here ! – Twitter @hardthrashe Bluesky @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social Insta - https://www.instagram.com/lordhardthrasher/?hl=en TikTok - @lordhardthrasher but honestly…why would you need that, you’re almost certainly a man over 30 if you’re watching this….. 00:00 – Come with Me 03:51 – Intro 04:16 – Shell Shock 06:00 – Inter War vs Early War 09:17 – Night Terrors 10:31 – Death in the Daylight 11:00 – Common Fears 13:22 – Raw Numbers 14:55 – The Mew Who Flew 16:35 – In The Hands of the CO 18:53 – LMF 21:01 – Combat Stress in the USAAF 22:03 – Attempts at treatment 24:47 – Wrap up and Closing Message