‘The Western Allies and the Holocaust’TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF METHODS TO BOMB THE GAS CHAMBERS AT AUSCHWITZ
The paper discusses in detail what would have been the technical requirements for a mission to attack and destroy the gas chambers and crematoria at the Birkenau concentration camp in the summer of 1944. Information essential to a bombing operation, including the size, shape, structure, construction...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
1990
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 1990, Volume: 5, Issue: 4, Pages: 403-421 |
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| Summary: | The paper discusses in detail what would have been the technical requirements for a mission to attack and destroy the gas chambers and crematoria at the Birkenau concentration camp in the summer of 1944. Information essential to a bombing operation, including the size, shape, structure, construction details, and exact location of the target, is given. Several aerial bombing tactics which might have been used in the mission are evaluated. Casualties to airmen and prisoners are estimated. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/5.4.403 |