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Triumphant claims on the RAF’s bombing record

Posted on March 6, 2012 by digitaldevelopment

This issue of Le Courrier de l’Air, from December 1943, combines triumphant claims on the RAF’s bombing record with a warning from the French National Resistance Council and the announcement of René Massigli’s appointment as foreign affairs spokesman for the … Continue reading →

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‘Into the shelters!’

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‘Into the shelters!’ the Courrier de l’Air of 15 July 1943 warns of more air raids and the necessary precautions to take. Courtesy Mémorial de Caen, PA/2.

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Trenchant critique of the policy of bombing the Biscay ports

Posted on March 6, 2012 by digitaldevelopment

On 30 March 1943, the Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Air Marshal Harris, delivered a trenchant critique of the policy of bombing the Biscay ports, which he considered to have been forced upon him by the Admiralty. His arguments contributed to … Continue reading →

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The orders that sealed the fate of Lorient

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The orders that sealed the fate of Lorient. The area bombing of the Biscay ports was ordered on 14 January 1943, with Lorient as the first target, even if the result was the ‘complete devastation of the inhabited areas of … Continue reading →

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