In World War II British and American Allied forces carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany's cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians.

The Luftwaffe carried out raids on British urban targets for ... that escalated the war to new heights. Following the German bombing of London, Churchill decided to retaliate by bombing Berlin.

The Blitz was Nazi Germany's sustained aerial bombing campaign against Britain in World War Two. The raids killed 43,000 civilians and lasted for eight months, petering out when Hitler began to ...

Hansen argues that American precision bombing came close to bringing the Germans to their knees. Attacks against oil and ball bearing production especially were very damaging to the German war effort.

Part of downtown Dresden in eastern Germany was evacuated on Thursday morning as bomb disposal units prepared to remove a World War II ordnance found near the Carola Bridge. The evacuation order ...