BOMBER COMMAND

  • NUREMBERG DEALT AERIAL KNOCKOUT BLOW

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    London, England • January 2, 1945 In the 19th century the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, long associ­ated with ginger­bread, sau­sages, hand­made toys, and Christ­kindl­maerkte (Christ­mas markets), had become an impor­tant indus­trial center with com­panies such as engi­neering and manu­fac­turing giants Siemens and MAN. Both firms con­tri­buted mightily to Germany’s war effort—Sie­mens by pro­ducing every­thing from…

  • RAF BOMBERS LEVEL NUREMBERG’S MEDIEVAL CENTER

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 5 minutes

    London, England · January 2, 1945 In the 19th century the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, long associ­ated with ginger­bread, sau­sages, hand­made toys, and Christ­kindl­maerkte (Christ­mas markets), had become an impor­tant indus­trial center with com­panies such as engi­neering and manu­fac­turing giants Siemens and MAN. Both firms con­tri­buted mightily to Germany’s war effort—Sie­mens by pro­ducing every­thing from…