The RAF Allied bombing campaign was heroic but controversial for one reason Despite unparalleled losses, the men of Bomber Command displayed incredible courage in the air war against Germany.

Arthur “bomber” Harris, Britain’s air marshal who led its bombing assault by air on Germany in WWII, said in that context: “they sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the ...

Many felt that the Germans deserved to reap the whirlwind they had sown. Yet Bomber Command's policy of targeting residential areas clearly contradicted Chamberlain's pre-war ... 'Bomber' Harris.

It was under his lead that RAF Bomber Command wreaked firestorms upon German cities. Before a 1,000-plane raid on Cologne, he told the newsreel cameras: "Now they are going to reap the whirlwind ...