The men who lit up Germany

Description

Spring 1945, Germany is in ruins. The Allies have reduced it cities to rubble and its industry to ruin. The bombing of cities had begun in 1940, when German aircraft hit the city of London . The RAF retaliated, but at first to little effect, thousands of aircrew died, few bombs hit their targets. What transformed this aerial warfare was an elite force special aircrew skilled at finding their targets and illuminating them with pinpoint accuracy, the Pathfinders.

Runtime

24 min

Creator

Martin, Jonathan

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Date of Publication

2003

Database

Alexander Street

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