Target for Today

The War Department
First Motion Picture Unit
Army Air Forces

Target for Today
AVA11757VNB1 - 1944 - T.F. I-3384

Official Training Film

From The Wikipedia Entry:

Target for Today is a 1944 documentary film billed as being filmed by and acted by the United States Army Air Force, all while under fire. It was directed by William Keighley. The film documents the October raids made by the Eighth Air Force on targets in Anklam, Marienburg and Gdynia in Poland, all industrial centers for the Nazi war machine.

The raids were made by B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. General Hap Arnold called the series of attacks "the greatest strike ever". According to Arnold, they helped cripple German aircraft production and signaled the beginning of the end for the Luftwaffe.

The documentary documents these three air raids from planning, to briefing, preparation, and then reveals in unparalleled sequences the brutal battles waged at 30,000 feet.

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[molly Ring]

They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti--White. Anti--racist is a codeword for anti-White.

[Nel Delamo]

Many thanks to PublicRessourceOrg...for this classic WWII documentary,

[05891460]

That is a novel, according to several websites. Not to be taken as fact.

[carinhall1]

Winston Churchill /: "This war is an English war, and its goal is the destruction of Germany." On 03/09/1939, the day the British declaration of war.

 "The unforgivable crime in Germany before the Second World War was an attempt to force its economy from the global trading system, extract and create their own exchange system, which could not earn the financial world." Those who wanted the war - on you tube!

[scryerofold]

You put forth good points, but Britian was fighting since 1939. America only got into it on December 7th 1941. As for being neighbours, Gemany would have been in your neighbourhood within a few years.

[5thEstate1]

USAAF-v RAF bombing accuracy and strategies is a complex and interesting subject. The Norden bomb-sight's public reputation was based on the best result of perfect weather, non-combat conditions. The RAF developed a cruder and more complex system to improve accuracy---the Path Finder Force concept.. It took many more resources but showed greater improvements in accuracy over prior methods. .

[ahz123]

America does not deny the inaccuracy of night-time British bombing.

[tojoconfused]

- Albert Speer reckoned US daylight bombing hurt German war production more than RAF bombing.