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The First Raids On Berlin
2023-08-30 18:02:00 UTC‘Our numbers were small and there is no claim that much damage… resulted from our bombing but it’s very likely these raids had a consequential effect; triggering a most profound change of strategy by the enemy.’
Photo: 115 Squadron Association/ Scottish Saltire Aircrew Association. On the 83rd anniversary of…
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August summary - The early days
2023-01-09 13:54:00 UTC‘In case there is an attack on the centre of Government in London, it seems very important to return the compliment the next day upon in Berlin. I understand you will have by the end of this month a respectable party of Stirlings ready. Perhaps the nights are not…
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Four in a row: 31 August 1940
2022-07-01 16:48:00 UTC‘R.A.F. planes renew attack on Berlin… …Sirens Sound in Capital After Heavy Bombing of Previous Night.’ – The New York Times, Sunday, September 1, 1940 –
Photo: Fotosearch/Getty Images. Following the attacks made on three previous nights, the British air bombing offensive didn’t stop: on the last night of the…
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Bombing raid on Berlin
2021-05-02 18:01:00 UTC‘Aircraft drawn from two R.A.F. squadrons made a special attack on an objective only four miles from the centre of Berlin early yesterday morning’. – Daily Herald, Friday, August, 30, 1940 –
Photo: © IWM CH 10246. As we have seen in previous posts, the first bombing on Berlin by…
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The first one: August 25th, 1940
2019-05-01 17:50:00 UTC‘They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all’. – Winston S Churchill –
Photo: © IWM (H-3514). The prelude: LondonDuring the early…
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Bombensturm!
2018-03-18 20:20:39 UTCWhen British Bomber Command went to war in 1939 it found itself equipped with a very limited and inadequate arsenal of bombs. General Purpose GP Bombs: The high explosive GP (general purpose) bombs, developed from 1935, were the initial arsenal Bomber Command had to carry destruction to Third Reich soil…