Category: Projects

For this post, I have brought together a few sources to produce a basic map of the World War II Allied Strategic Bombing campaign in Germany below. This map uses a modern-day map of Germany, though the locations of these cities have not changed. The data for this map comes from the United States Strategic…

As mentioned in a previous post, the use of new technology such as White Phosphorus likely did increase the damage dealt by fire raids in later years of the war. Could we see a clear improvement in effectiveness over time with total damage as well? For this post, I am comparing two specific HE and…

As shown in my prior post, comparing the amount of bombs dropped on Dresden to other cities leads to some interesting and unexpected conclusions. See the chart below. This chart shows that Dresden was hit mostly by high explosive (HE) bombs, and all three cities that I have collected data on were attacked with a…

From the beginning of my research into the Dresden Firebombing and its results, I have, until recently, been unsure as to what exactly should be my focus. My search brought me to a couple of interesting findings, the first of which are in the form of two maps made before and after the war. The…