Explain how German cities suffered so much damage from Allied bombing during World War Two.

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Explain how German cities suffered so much damage from Allied bombing during World War Two.

By 1914 there was heavy bombers coming to the frontline, and larger aircraft meant a larger payload and bigger bombs- bays meant bigger bombs could be carried, and bigger bombs means more destruction. (Source A)

Bigger bombs were quickly introduced, the first 4,000 pound bomb was dropped on march 30th 1941 and a little short of a year later the first 8,000 pound bomb was dropped. These sort of bombs would cause mass destruction if they hit there target and by 1945 ten ton bombs were being used (Source A), this would explain some reasons why German cities suffered so much damage during World War Two.
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Some Attacks were chosen for their sheer combustibility rather than there strategic importance just so more damage was caused. On March 25th a force of 200 aircraft dropped 400 tones of bombs of which two thirds of them were incendiaries on the medieval centre of Lubeck (Source B). Medieval towns were manly made from wood and incendiary bombs cause a lot of fire, which would cause a lot of destruction on the medieval centre of Lubeck if not destroying it completely. At the end of April four similar attacks were made on Rostock, another city manly built of ...

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