Bombing + Air Raid Defense

Bombardment of civilians in undefended cities far away from the front lines is an atrocity, yet it was common practice during World War II. Read here about the history, conduct, and consequences of this war crime, as well as the various attempts to protect the civilian population from death falling from the skies.

Documents in this category

Author Document Language Published
Rucker, J. A 'Real' World War II Death Camp: Oak Ridge, USA English 2014-02-23
Butz, A. Another Look at the 'Vergasungskeller' Question, The Nagging 'Gassing Cellar' Problem English 1997-07-01
Jackson, T. Why I Survived the A-Bomb, Book Review English 1990-04-01
Smith, B. Outlaw History #34, Democracy and the Dresden Holocaust English 2005-01-26
Crowell, S. Samuel Crowell's Letter to the Director of the USHMM English 1997-09-01
Crowell, S. An Exercise in Futility, Book Review English 2001-07-01
Lutton, C. His Master’s Voice, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1892-1984 English 1984-12-01
Faurisson, R. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
aaargh The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Coroller, C. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Marquez, H. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Fowler, M. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Hass, A. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Johnstone, D. The Revisionist Clarion -- Monthly Newsletter about Historical Revisionism and the Crisis of Imperial Powers -- World Wars / Colonial Wars in the making / Future Wars English 2006-04-01
Beck, P. The Burning of Saint Malo English 1981-12-01
The Australian German Side of World War II Revealed English 2013-09-28
Hoffmann, J. Wartime bombings of neutral Switzerland English 1997-11-01
Lutton, C. Death From On High English 1980-10-01
Weber, M. Churchill Wanted to "Drench" Germany With Poison Gas, Historical News and Comment English 1985-12-01
Edoin, H. United States: "Mass murder of women and children" English 1987-01-01
Verbeke, S. “UNTERDRUCKVENTIL” English 2012-11-12
Smith, B. Outlaw History #23, A Tsunami of Filth and Lies English 2004-12-28
CODOH WWII Air Raid Equipment and the "Gas Chamber" Hysteria English 1997-01-01
Richman, S. Killing Noncombatants English 1995-09-01
Widmann, R. The Night the Dams Burst, A Review English 2011-12-01
CODOH Vergasungskeller Document, NO 4473 German 1997-01-01
Crowell, S. Defending Against the Allied Bombing Campaign, Air Raid Shelters and Gas Protection in Germany English 1997-07-01
Amner, P. How a TV Documentary Turned a British War Crime into a German War Crime English 2004-12-01
Crowell, S. The Gas Chamber of Sherlock Holmes English 2000-11-03
Crowell, S. Bomb Shelters in Birkenau: A Reappraisal English 2000-06-05
Thomas, D. Documents from the Moscow Archives describe building of air-raid shelters in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1943 English 1998-03-21
Strakon, N. Who Bombs Children? English 1995-04-01
Bishop, J. Atomic War Crimes English 2010-04-01
CODOH "Gaskeller": New Document Sheds Light on Irving's Interpretation of Auschwitz English 1943-02-17
Churchill, W. Churchill's Secret Poison Gas Memo English 1944-07-06
Thomas, D. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Fraud, USHMM displays standard German air-raid shelter door, describing it as the door to a gas chamber at Majdanek English 1997-07-12
Wesserle, A. Bombs on Britain English 1981-12-01
Smith, M. The Gas Chamber of Sherlock Holmes: And Other Writings on the Holocaust, Revisionism, and Historical Understanding, A Review English 2011-07-01
Widmann, R. The Delusion of the Twentieth Century, A Review English 2011-07-01
Lutton, C. Dresden 1945: The Devil's Tinderbox, A Review English 1985-07-01