In 1944, the USAAF launched its first massive daylight bombing raid on Berlin
After years of avoiding the heart of the Third Reich by day, the American Air Force launched a daring 700-bomber raid that changed the course of the air war over Europe.
On March 4, 1944, the United States Army Air Forces shifted the momentum of World War II by launching their first massive daylight bombing raid on Berlin. Following the success of 'Big Week,' which crippled German aircraft production, Allied commanders decided it was time to strike the heavily defended Nazi capital in broad daylight.
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