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In this episode, the Butt reports what happened next and the arrival of Bomber Harris. Although it's over 50 minutes long, I skipped some details, for example the Singleton report which basically said "eh – this bombing is a bit difficult", nor Tizard's disparagements of the Cherwell memorandum, nor really the details of the Cherwell Memorandum. You will live. However, if you want to know more about the subject, I recommend checking out the Official History of Bomber Command to delve further into civil service firefighting.
Selected Internet Sources
The Butt Report – 2014 Transcription – https://etherwave.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/butt-report-transcription-tna-pro-air-14-12182.pdf
The Cherwell Memorandum – https://www.worldfuturefund.org/wffmaster/reading/Bombing/cherwell.htm
Target for Tonight (1941) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?vY0QOKuGejSU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Blackett – Admiralty professor opposed to Bomber Command
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombardment_and_international_law#::textIn%201977%2C%20Protocol%20I%20was,of%20civilians%20and%20civilian%20objects – International law relating to the bombing of Ariel in 1939… by example, there was no
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Report
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_bombing_directive
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_directive
Selected bibliography
America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945, McFarland
Absolute War – Chris Bellamy
Absolute War – The Tokyo Firebomb
Great week – James Holland
Black Snow – James M Scott
Bomber Boys – Kevin Wilson
Bomber Command – Max Hastings
Bomber Offensive – Sir Arthur Harris GCB, OBE, AFC
Bomber Command's war against Germany, an official history – Nobel Franklin et al.
The Bomber Mafia – Malcolm Gladwell
Dresden – Sinclair McKay
Dresden; Tuesday….. – Fredrick Taylor
Steadfast and Through Adversity (Vols 1 and 2) – Ben Kite
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (European War) (USSBS) September 1945 – Var. – https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101634748-bk
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