Strategic Bombing: The British Experience
   
   

Karlsruhe

Lord Rothermere

Gen. Trenchard (RAF)

Gen. Wever

Gen. Udet

Baldwin

Barcelona raids (Mar 1938)

Geneva Disarmament Conference (1932-34)

Ruhr

Air Marshal Ludlow-Hewitt (RAF)

Goering

Inskip

Air Marshal Dowding (RAF)

Watson-Watt

Tizard Committee (1934)

Air Marshal Ellington (RAF)

Bomber Command; Fighter Command

Battle of Britain (13 Aug-17 Sept 1940)

Operation SEA LION

ADLER TAG [Eagle Day]

Oxford

Coventry

Ultra

R.V. Jones

Operation CROSSBOW

Cherwell

Air Marshal Portal (RAF)

Air Marshal Harris (RAF)

Lübeck

Rostok

Hamburg Raid (July 1943)

Darmstadt Raid (Mar 1944)

Dresden Raid (Sept 1944)

Nürnberg Raid (Feb 1945)

Kammhuber Line

Zeppelin

balloon apron

Gotha

Giant

Handley Page v/400

Handley Page v/1500

Independent Air Force

He-111

Ju-88

Ju-87 (Stuka)

Uralbomber

Do-17

strategic bombing

knock-out blow

Gloster Gladiator

Wellington

Hurricane

Chain Home (3000-20,000)

IFF (Idenification Friend or Foe)

VHF (Very High Frequency)

drop tank

Me-110

Graf Zeppelin II

Knickelbein

Chain Home Low (500-3000)

V-1 (cruise missile)

V-2 (rocket)

proximity fuse

Lancaster

Halifax

February 1942 Bombing Decision

GEE

OBOE

H2S

fire storm

bomber stream

creep back

slanting music

window

Flak

Dornberger Committee (1944)

Lichtenstein/SN-2/Monica/Flensberg

Flammen/Naxos

Battle Opera House (running commentary)

tame sows/wild sows