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Strategic Bombing during World War II was unlike anything the world had previously witnessed. The British attack on German Cities was agreed by the Cabinet in 1942 after a paper was presented by Professor Lindemann, the British government’s leading scientific adviser with a seat in the Cabinet, proposing the “dehousing” of the German workforce through area aerial bombing of German cities. Air Marshal Arthur “Bomber” Harris was appointed to carry out the task and issued a new directive. As the campaign developed, improvements in the accuracy of the RAF raids were undertaken via better crew training, electronic aids, and new tactics such as the creation of a “pathfinder” force to mark targets for the main force. |
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