Target for Today
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Uploaded by PublicResourceOrg on Sep 6, 2008
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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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. .
5thEstate1 6 months ago
@macbrack04 America does not deny the inaccuracy of night-time British bombing.
ahz123 8 months ago
@macbrack04 - Albert Speer reckoned US daylight bombing hurt German war production more than RAF bombing.
tojoconfused 9 months ago
US bombing accounted for only 25% of the total tonnage dropped on Europe in WW2....the rest was the RAF......not that americans are ever good with acknowledging the truth !!!
macbrack04 10 months ago
Check out the book My Cousin Killed Hitler based on the story of Marshal Zhukov. It tells a family secret about him. If only Hitler knew that one of those he hunted became the hunter instead.
rajahbabe 1 year ago
@WhoIsBaz yes you are right the new generation have no knowledge about WW2 and what the American,British,canadian and the allied sacrifices have done to give them the freedom they enjoy now mostly here in europe, the accent i can uderstand very well i am not an english born person but English is our second language in some area it is parallel with our mother tongue, the new generation must be educated about WW2 it must be taught in school but goddemn school no one is doing it
ceboym 1 year ago
Impressive. I've been wanting to see this for over 20 years. Thanks youtube!
GrantWaara 2 years ago