Prof. Greg Jackson
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But tactics changed as it became clear that this war would be a marathon, not a sprint.
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And as painful losses added up,
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One lesson the RAF took to heart was that while bombers could strike with greater accuracy by day, that greater accuracy was negligible, and the losses were too great, especially with limited resources making the island nation reliant on lend-lease from the United States.
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The Brits took to striking at night.
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But the U.S.
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Army Air Forces disagrees.
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Joining the Britain-based aerial fight against the Axis in the summer of 1942, Major General Karl A. Spatz and his 8th Air Force arrived with some concern that night bombings would accidentally strike civilians, and with great confidence that their B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators could fly so high and so fast that the Luftwaffe would struggle to catch them.
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And besides, how could they bomb at night when it would mean not using the Norden bombsight?
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This brilliant analog computer enables American bombers to strike with unparalleled precision, provided the bombardier can see through its powerful magnifying crosshair telescope.
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And that isn't happening without daylight.
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While the Brits see American arrogance, the Americans can't help but see that their technology puts their daytime strikes in a different light.
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Yes, pun intended, but more to the point, be it arrogance or confidence, the Americans in 1943 genuinely believed they can fly into the heart of Axis territory, drop bombs, and get out.
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It's with that confidence that they undertake a raid deep in Europe's Axis-controlled Balkans.
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It's August 1st, 1943, and 36-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Addison Baker is seated at the controls of his heavy four-engine bomber, a B-24 Liberator, affectionately known as Hell's Wench, soaring over the Romanian countryside.
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Beneath him are sunflowers, wheat, cornfields, farmers whose seemingly idyllic life defies the reality of a continent seized in war.
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And Addison can see it all since his bomber and all the others are flying low to avoid axis radar.
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One can only wonder what the farmers think looking up to see 177 B-24s overhead.
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But Addison has no time to wonder about that.
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He's focused on his mission, Operation Tidal Wave.
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broadly conceived early this year at the Casablanca Conference, then refined and finally practiced in the deserts of North Africa.
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