The Battle of Berlin
This week's excerpt looks at the Flak towers built in the German capital
The Battle of Berlin did not begin in earnest until the end of 1943. Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris, head of RAF Bomber Command, predicted that a sustained bombing campaign by both the RAF and the USAAF would bring an end to the war by itself. Harris did not achieve this - but it was not for want of trying.
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