Strategic Bombing: The British Experience
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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 |