How Is Bomber Command Effective

Intro: From 1940 to 1945, Allied Bombers fought tirelessly in the grey skies of Germany in a campaign known as Bomber Command. Bomber Command during World War 2 was a very controversial topic due to the effectiveness and morality of the overall campaign. Some historians like W.A.B. Douglas and B. Greenhous argue that Bomber Command was ineffective as its strategic air offensive was intended to win the war, or at the very least to shorten it significantly by destroying pro­duction facilities, which it failed at doing. Contrary, Richard Overy believes that Bomber Command was decently effective as the bombers were supposed to help the infantry and navy take down the Germans collectively, and they did by 1945. Was the WWII British bombing campaign directed against Germany effective? Bomber Command was largely ineffective

Notwithstanding, the smart diversion of important resources from the Eastern Front helped importantly contribute to the victory of the war by the Allies.

1st Body: Bomber Command, led by Sir Arthur Harris, was largely ineffective during World War II as it could not significantly shorten the war, or bring it to an abrupt end, by crushing civilian morale. In 1941, Sir Arthur Harris was sitting in London watching bombs fall on Britain as Germany was “sowing the wind.” One year later, revenge on his mind, ‘Bomber’ Harris was appointed the head of Bomber Command for the R.A.F. By practicing his strategy of area bombing, Harris claimed that Bomber Command’s strategic air offensive was intended to win the war outright, or significantly shorten it. It did not. Rather, as mentioned in a book review of Randall Hansen’s Fire and Fury, “Bomber Command did not end the war — it prolonged it.” As Adolf Hitler was gaining more and more authority in Germany within the 1930’s, his propagandist techniques brought the majority of the population on his side. By the beginning of the war,