Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front
Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front Germany was never able to match the power of the Allied air forces with their great four-engine bombers, the Lancasters, Liberators and…
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Hitler's Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front
Germany was never able to match the power of the Allied air forces with their great four-engine bombers, the Lancasters, Liberators and Flying Fortresses. There were, though, two occasions when the Luftwaffe's twin-engine bombers undertook strategic objectives on a large scale. Indeed, many have ascribed the defeat of Germany in the Second World to its lack of a strategic bombing force.
The second was on the eve of Operation Zitadelle, a major offensive against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient.Hitler's objective was to replicate the successful Allied mass-bombing of German cities, the Luftwaffe being tasked with destroying the main tank and aircraft production facilities and fuel depots. The first of these was the 'Blitz' of 1940-1941, in which the Luftwaffe attempted to wreck Britain's industrial and military capacity. Hitler saw this as the necessary prelude to weaken the
Branding on the Eastern Front