Bombing Germany

Documentary examining at the tactics of Bomber Command, under Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris in WW2. The programme contends that Bomber Command Intelligence began to target towns with little military value after most German industrial centres had been destroyed. It is claimed that Harris favoured the tactic of destroying entire areas rather than bombing specific targets. This tactic is said to have been encouraged by Churchill who later distanced himself from Harris. The raid on Dresden in February 1945 caused the deaths of 30,000 civilians. This lead to accusations of the terror-bombing of civilians. The programme contains archive footage and interviews with former members of Bomber Command and German survivors of such raids.