The Darkest Moonlit Night: The Nuremburg Raid of 1944
Aerial Warfare Collection • 58m
In this talk historian James Jefferies details the tragic story of RAF Bomber Command's raid on Nuremberg on the 30/31 March 1944. James discusses the raid's story and looks at the tactics used by the RAF and Luftwaffe before looking at the raids legacy and aftermath.
This talk took place on 7th July 2021 and was hosted by fellow historian Johanna Strong.
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