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Bomber Harris: Sir Arthur Harris' Despatch on War Operations 1942-1945

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The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Command s effort was what was defined as area bombing, in which whole cities or districts were targeted. The ultimate aim of an attack on a town area, Sir Arthur Harris wrote in one of his dispatches, is to break the morale of the population which occupies it ... namely, to produce destruction and fear of death. This strategy was so successful it almost brought Germany to the point of collapse until Churchill, worried about the devastation it was causing and the number of civilian deaths which resulted, ordered it to cease.Harris dispatches explain in great detail the success of his methods which, if given full reign, may have brought the war to a speedier conclusion but would have meant even more German casualties. Such was the controversy surrounding Bomber Command s operations; Harris dispatches were not published by the government, even though the dispatches of every other branch of the armed services, and all of their operations, were made public. The full text of Harris dispatches is reproduced here along with an explanation why these documents were withheld for so many years."

Pages: 414

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books

Release: June 19, 2014

ISBN: 1783032987

ISBN 13: 9781783032983

Bomber Harris: Sir Arthur Harris' Despatch on War Operations 1942-1945

4.3/5 ( ratings)

The bombing campaign conducted against Germany and German-occupied Europe in the Second World War was, and remains, one of the most controversial operations of the entire war. Much of Bomber Command s effort was what was defined as area bombing, in which whole cities or districts were targeted. The ultimate aim of an attack on a town area, Sir Arthur Harris wrote in one of his dispatches, is to break the morale of the population which occupies it ... namely, to produce destruction and fear of death. This strategy was so successful it almost brought Germany to the point of collapse until Churchill, worried about the devastation it was causing and the number of civilian deaths which resulted, ordered it to cease.Harris dispatches explain in great detail the success of his methods which, if given full reign, may have brought the war to a speedier conclusion but would have meant even more German casualties. Such was the controversy surrounding Bomber Command s operations; Harris dispatches were not published by the government, even though the dispatches of every other branch of the armed services, and all of their operations, were made public. The full text of Harris dispatches is reproduced here along with an explanation why these documents were withheld for so many years."

Pages: 414

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books

Release: June 19, 2014

ISBN: 1783032987

ISBN 13: 9781783032983

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