Six years after the start of WWII in Europe, British and American Allied forces carried out bombing campaigns over German cities, claiming half a million civilian lives. This story examines the defining moments that led the U.S. across a moral divide. watch
Six years after the start of WWII in Europe, British & American Allied forces carried out bombing campaigns over German cities, claiming half a million civilian lives. This story examines the defining moments that led the U.S. across a moral divide. watch
On September 1, 1939 -- the first day of World War II in Europe -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to "under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air of civilian populations." Just six years later, British and American Allied forces had carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany's cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians. From International Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning producer Zvi Dor-Ner (Israel's Next War, House of Saud) comes "The Bombing of Germany" a film that examines the defining moments of the offensive that led the U.S. across a moral divide. Weaving together interviews with WWII pilots and historians, and archival footage of the bombing and its aftermath, the film is a reminder of the dilemma imposed by war's civilian casualties, a topic that continues to resonate as America enters the eighth year of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. watch