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Thanks for the comments in this thread so far, I've learned a lot from all the postings in this forum. According to Max Hastings (Bomber Command: The Myths and Reality of the Strategic Bombing Offensive 1939-45): "It has been estimated that one-third of Britain's industrial capacity was...

Was the Allied strategic bomber offensive of World War II a total failure? A few points to suggest that it was (focusing on the ETO): 1. The strategic bombing offensive was a colossal drain on limited resources. In the UK alone over a million workers were tied up in bomber production /...