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Lancaster

Yet despite these achievements bomber command was still directedto continue area attacks...

Yet despite these achievements bomber command was still directed
to continue area attacks at night in February 1945, the stage was set for the most notorious bombing raid
of the war

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Yet despite these achievements
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bomber command was still directed to continue area attacks at night
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in February 1945, the stage was set
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for the most notorious bombing raid of the war.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:49
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
My father got me into a school in Dresden - Lancaster 00:12
My father got me into a school in Dresden
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe - Lancaster 00:08
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever. - Lancaster 00:05
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever.
With the Russians advancing - Lancaster 00:10
With the Russians advancing
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as potential targets. - Lancaster 00:06
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as pot...
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden - Lancaster 00:13
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden
And Dresden was full of refugees - Lancaster 00:09
And Dresden was full of refugees
They all came because, well, that was safe. - Lancaster 00:06
They all came because, well, that was safe.
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy morale - Lancaster 00:09
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy mor...
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent - Lancaster 00:13
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent
That... that did affect me at the briefing - Lancaster 00:08
That... that did affect me at the briefing
The briefing was no different - Lancaster 00:05
The briefing was no different
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of thing - Lancaster 00:12
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of ...
People think that we bombed a little town - Lancaster 00:07
People think that we bombed a little town
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin. - Lancaster 00:07
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin.
One thousand six hundred heavy bombers - Lancaster 00:09
One thousand six hundred heavy bombers
And Dresden would be an all—Lancaster operation. - Lancaster 00:06
And Dresden would be an all—Lancaster operation.
796 of the aircraft were launched against the city. - Lancaster 00:06
796 of the aircraft were launched against the city.
Well, I don't know what's the right word - Lancaster 00:12
Well, I don't know what's the right word
I was at home in Chemnitz on half term. - Lancaster 00:06
I was at home in Chemnitz on half term.