Strategic Bombing - Dr. Mark Hull
Strategic bombardment was designed to neutralize the enemy industrial capacity as well as destroy civilian morale from the air as a prelude to rapid victory on the ground. This discussion covered the origins of the strategic bombing concept in WWI, the interwar development of technology and doctrine and finally, the often terrifying reality of sustained raids deep into enemy territory from 1943-1945. Did they actually do as promised, and at what cost?

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Whirlwinds of Flame: The Strategic Bombing of Japan in World War II - Dr. John Curatola

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Operation Typhoon and the 1941 Battle for Moscow - John Suprin

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The Rulers of Europe: Germany in Power, 1939-1944 by Dr. Rob Citino - 70th Anniversary D-Day Cruise

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The Evolution of Warfare to 1914 - Nicholas Murray

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The Ten-Engine Titan: Inside the B-36 Peacemaker, The Cold War’s Largest Bomber

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Why We Failed in Vietnam

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Why Speer Said One US Invention Erased Two Years Of Atlantic Wall Concrete

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Battle of Stalingrad: A Turning Point (February 26, 2018)

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Dr. Robert Citino - "The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Losing War in 1943"

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Pershing Lecture Series: The AEF in Battle: September to November 1918 - Richard S. Faulkner

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What Jodl Revealed in His Final Military Interrogation

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Stalin at War - Stephen Kotkin

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The Bombing Campaign in Europe (WW2HRT_34-11)

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The Siege of Budapest - Dr. Sean Kalic

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RAF CASPS Historic Interview | Sir Arthur Harris

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War and Democracy in Ancient and Contemporary Middle East

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'Tightening the Noose' with Jon Parshall, John McManus, Craig Symonds, James Scott

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Why Germany Lost: The Three Alibis (WW2HRT 27-06)

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Rick Atkinson : "The Guns at Last Light: The War in Europe, 1944-1945"

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