LordHardThrasher

Hamburg 1943

Added 2025-04-02 19:33:02 +0000 UTC

I've been doing some hunting around for footage for the dambusters series, and of course I came across various films taken by Bomber Command of their raids into Germany. In particular Operation Films 96-103, which are of the bombing of Hamburg on24/25/26/27 July 1943. This was the first firestorm in a major city since Lubeck, and due to piss poor planning by the Nazi authorities, lack of preparedness inf firefighting and shelters, and wind, it killed 30,000+

This is then, at viewer discression. Notice the time stamps as it goes through the hour or so the bomber stream was overe the city.

The big flashes are cookies, 4,000lb bombs, exploding. The cascade of lights are Target Indicators (TIs), and specifically areil markers (known as Waganuis) and occasionally you'll see the frame pause when the bombs drop and there's a freeze frame.