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 third and final part in a series on the Dambusters Raid; looking at the attacks themselves and their aftermath Merch! https://hardthrasher-shop.fourthwall.com Bluesky!! @lordhardthrasher.bsky.social Patreon!!! - patreon.com/LordHardThrasher References for the economics and damage stuff at the end P.252-259, Hastings, Chastise (2019); p.429-461, Holland, Dambusters (2012); p.597-652, Tooze, Wages of Destruction (2006); Chpt 10, Section 1 -15, Chpt 15, Sec 3-12, Air Battle of the Ruhr, Cooper (1992); p182-184, 255-257 & 306-309, Speer 'Hitler's Architect', Kitchen (2015); p.178-193, Rehtoric and Reality in Air Warfare, Davis-Biddle (2002); Chpt. VII, THe Bomber Offensive, Harris (1947); p.203 and on, Official History of the Bomber Offensive, Various, AIR41/57 republished 2020...after that I really can't be arse to list them..... Bibliography As above James Holland - Dambusters (2012) Max Hastings - Chastise (2019) Guy Gibson - Enemy Coast Ahead (1945) Barnes Wallis - A Note On A Means Of Attacking The Axis Powers (1941) Adam Tooze - Wages of Destruction (2006) Paul Brickhill - Dambusters (1952)