Target Berlin – The Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler’s Capital

Target Berlin - The Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler's Capital

ALMOST FROM THE start of the Second World War, Berlin was in the crosshairs of Allied bombers. Beginning with the first British raid on the Nazi capital, launched on Aug. 25, 1940, through to the last attacks before VE Day, RAF Bomber Command dropped an estimated 45,000 tons of ordnance on the city.

Far East Flying Fortresses — How the B-17 Made a Splash in the Pacific

Far East Flying Fortresses - How the B-17 Made a Splash in the Pacific

MOST KNOW ABOUT the swarms of B-17s the U.S. Army Air Force flew against the Third Reich in World War Two. But Flying Fortresses also fought in the Pacific in the opening years of the war, albeit in limited numbers.