Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
History
Date of Award
12-2008
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Stephen G Fritz
Committee Members
Ronnie M. Day, William Douglas Burgess Jr.
Abstract
This thesis is a historiographical study concerning the strategic bombing campaign of Germany during World War II. The study questions how effective the campaign was in comparing the prewar theories to wartime practices. Secondly, it questions the morality of the bombings and how and why bombing techniques changed throughout the course of the war. Lastly, the study looks at a recent topic in the historic community, which is the question of remembrance and Germans as victims of the war.
This study concludes that the strategic bombing campaign of Germany was a success but not in the sense that prewar planners had anticipated. The moral implications of the bombings were horrific, but given the severity of the war they were fighting, were a necessity. The question of Germans as victims will be open to debate for some time, especially because Germans and Americans have opposing viewpoints on the matter.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Hopkins, Ryan Patrick, "The Historiography of the Allied Bombing Campaign of Germany." (2008). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2003
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.