Название: Bombing Germany: The Final Phase: The Destruction of Pforzheim and the Closing Months of Bomber Command's War
Автор: Tony Redding
Издательство: Pen & Sword Aviation
ISBN: 1473823544
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF (conv)
Страниц: 376
Размер: 21,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
The stated objective of Bomber Command during WWII, according to the Casablanca Directive of 1943, was to ‘participate in the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system’ as well as to ‘undermine the morale of the German people to the point where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened’. Pondered from a moral perspective, these directives are wholly questionable, but during the allied bombing raid of Pforzheim in 1945, both objectives were emphatically met. Just 11 weeks after the event, Germany surrendered, signaling the end of the Second World War.