Editing City Series:Volume6d Chapter7 (section)

===The Allied Bombing Unit===
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The Allied bombing of the German mainland was started on a small scale by the RAF in ’41. They did not see real success until the 1000-bomber night bombing of Cologne in ’42.

With the value of quantity proven, America sent their Eighth Air Force to the UK at the end of February of ’42, but they failed to show results due to lack of preparation and an insistence on daytime bombings. This problem continued until they sent in a lot more B-17s, strengthened the B-17s, researched close formations, and included escort craft.

The UK and US militaries began joint day-and-night bombings on June 10, 1943, and they bombed Hamburg in July over the course of a week with the US handling the daytime and the UK handling the nights.

The bombing of Berlin in August of ’43 was entirely at night, so the US was reduced to backup and the RAF handled the actual bombing. Later, starting in ’44, the US’s Eighth Air Force reorganized and took a more central role. Near the end of the war, they sent in an average of 1400 bombers and dropped more than 3000 tons of bombs on each bombing.

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