AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The Bombing of Germany | PBS

Posted on January 13, 2010 | 12 Comments

www.pbs.org Watch THE BOMBING OF GERMANY Monday, February 8 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings). Between 1941 and 1945, Allied forces would drop more than a million tons of bombs on Germany. Britains Royal Air Force raided Germanys cities at night, having little control over where the attacks would strike. Then, during the day, Americans used precision targeting to drop explosives on strategic military targets. In this joint offensive, the British aimed to destroy the Germans will to fight …

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  1. oldhacks says:

    PLAY FREEBIRD!

  2. freebrook says:

    You’re showing WW2 footage with Vietnam era music and its BLOWING MY MIND!!!

  3. MrCropper says:

    Your name isn’t so nice, Mutt43, but I like your views.

  4. jamesjeffreypaul says:

    This should be fascinating. Can’t wait.

  5. Baconthief1 says:

    That was before the Geniva convintion(dont know how to spell that) so it was legal.

  6. Mutt43 says:

    Bombing civilian targets? WTF? Military targets were disperst among civilian populations. With flack and bombsights at the time you were lucky to be within a mile of the intended target. To hit one factory it took 50 planes and sometimes 2 or three runs on the target weeks apart. IS this more “bad america” commentary justifying current hatred of the USA? It was well planned strategic bombing that the WON the war on all fronts!!! Remember if 10 B-17’s went down, 100 of our boys died.

  7. lynette1953 says:

    music from vietnam era ? im confused…..

  8. javonoUTube says:

    The allies ran out of military targets to destroy.

  9. satriani26 says:

    hitler live

  10. melonbarmonster says:

    Bombing civilian targets was considered legal and both sides engaged in bombing civilian targets.

  11. namename654 says:

    Same here!

  12. ArtBear88 says:

    i cant wait to see this

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