{"id":93288,"date":"2025-05-07T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=93288"},"modified":"2025-01-01T23:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T04:56:32","slug":"boldly-bombing-bugger-all-the-bomber-war-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/boldly-bombing-bugger-all-the-bomber-war-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Boldly Bombing Bugger All &#8211; The Bomber War Episode 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4HIHvjuWsE?si=pRW39YIwYtPKRIxT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>HardThrasher<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 13 Oct 2023<\/p>\n<p>To see more on the Fairey Battle go here &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lFxDL4_Xavo\" target=\"_blank\">The Fairey Battle &#8211; Light Bomber, Hea&#8230;<\/a>   also subscribe to Rex&#8217;s channel, he&#8217;s ace<\/p>\n<p>Selected Online Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVJXN2pNSXlJY0dyR1NuOE9mUW5qdTJJV0ZXZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttUVlwcnhreTJLb3M0X0Jwa2tEN1FTZzNUSW1fTklGUDhhZFlDMnFZZzd3S0t6LWwxT3hmcTdzYjZHVUtxUUtmYVFsT0pDTXFFcFk2ZnF5MUV0VGFEeFNXX2M1eWstaWlJM1JCYVpJMkh5VE95OGEwTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPointblank_directive&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjhhUDZCWVBqLUtsa1daR0wyVDJtenZTazRTZ3xBQ3Jtc0trLVBNZzZ4cGZJN0JKWkFWUUY5VE1iZHV2bVpLS2M4cHdEM2tqb1FBYWYxOWlHSzRmc0NBT0xIdVAzb0ZkOHVrMnVzYjZ4N3RfQjNwVW9LeWZDNVdwZWstSnFEZzZTNnpTd1MyN1FBR2NxRUV5andCdw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FButt_Report&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butt_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0I0bmlJLVJGdFVuWXoyNWMxRG9wLVRyQUhUd3xBQ3Jtc0treG9YNDV2U0ZuTE9GazBuRXhBR0dfQURWTDk0RnBtLW9yYjczcGVXNjFQVGdpU2t6V2JGMVh1dkV3MllqZlByYXdPQmRxc0t1Qm9haGNkdEV4Y2QyUHYzcmM4Z0FMRWxQVUR3QUluS0xmdlZNTzl4Zw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FArea_bombing_directive&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Area_&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0lqZ2VxYkJoUHE4U092OHMxTFRXdHhIT2RzQXxBQ3Jtc0tsSFlER3NqYVdBR0NMcnFETkd5ckswS2cxSFJic0htNE5qbURqWWVXdFJmTGRyNlVmTnI4bUdtLXBKanZJTGRoNkJkT3BkV3lsSWxTSjBSM194N3ZHWVB2NjEtN1F1M1RWSkxuamc4ZEVjTzVlZnpLdw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.m.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCasablanca_directive&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casab&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbldYaFk5a0d6WjVtQnRGMVFQaGdSUkRtOHV3Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuQWp1WC1pUk1Uam9pdnJxbmFDMElhUlJ4QU16RnJIQlNzUlQzZEkwVGxLbzBKd05PTHhJLS1waVBRX1F6d05mYlB0eXg2bDQtRUx5T3MxOEZxNTlZd21xcE1ZNEQ1Q2Y3cFg1UTh4cTduWVd0S0g2NA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdetails%2Fr%2FC1218637&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discovery.nationalarchives.go&#8230;<\/a> &#8211; Western War Plan W5a and W6<\/p>\n<p>Selected Bibliography<br \/>\n<em>America&#8217;s Pursuit of Precision Bombing 1910-1945<\/em> &#8211; McFarland et al.<br \/>\n<em>Dresden<\/em> \u2013 Sinclair McKay<br \/>\n<em>Dresden; Tuesday &#8230;<\/em> \u2013 Fredrick Taylor<br \/>\n<em>Absolute War \u2013 The Firebombing of Tokyo<\/em> \u2013 Chris Bellamy<br \/>\n<em>Black Snow<\/em> &#8211;<br \/>\n<em>Bomber Command<\/em> \u2013 Max Hastings<br \/>\n<em>Bomber Command&#8217;s War Against Germany, An Official History<\/em> \u2013 Nobel Franklin et al.<br \/>\n<em>The Bomber Mafia<\/em> \u2013 Malcolm Gladwell<br \/>\n<em>Undaunted and Through Adversity<\/em> (Vol 1 &#038;2) \u2013 Ben Kite<br \/>\nUnited States Strategic Bombing Survey (European War) (USSBS) Sept 1945 \u2013 Var. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa08tUFg3T3RQLVltOGJjdl9oMHZaai1ueGl1d3xBQ3Jtc0tuQ2otQm5sMVhpQmhZNUdIWkNtWUVyV3JYWHoxMG1YZDJQcnNpaExUWnBiQVpwenRIRm9Samwza01pQlAwWjdpZUwxNmhSRDZCcldQRm5oQVRJSzRYeUdDaHJFVFpXZU5vQUR2a0dNTXBHbm92TEx3SQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcollections.nlm.nih.gov%2Fcatalog%2Fnlm%3Anlmuid-101634748-bk&#038;v=L4HIHvjuWsE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/catal&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<em>America&#8217;s Pursuit of Precision Bombing 1910-1945<\/em>, McFarland<br \/>\n<em>Big Week<\/em> \u2013 James Holland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HardThrasher Published 13 Oct 2023 To see more on the Fairey Battle go here &#8211; The Fairey Battle &#8211; Light Bomber, Hea&#8230; also subscribe to Rex&#8217;s channel, he&#8217;s ace Selected Online Resources https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point&#8230; https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Butt_&#8230; https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Area_&#8230; https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casab&#8230; https:\/\/discovery.nationalarchives.go&#8230; &#8211; Western War Plan W5a and W6 Selected Bibliography America&#8217;s Pursuit of Precision Bombing 1910-1945 &#8211; McFarland et [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1118,7,5,15,13,663,246,230],"tags":[123,145,1197,1579,1447],"class_list":["post-93288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-britain","category-germany","category-history","category-military","category-technology","category-usa","category-weapons","category-ww1","category-ww2","tag-aircraft","tag-airforce","tag-interwarperiod","tag-lordhardthrasher","tag-strategicbombing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-ogE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93289,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93288\/revisions\/93289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}