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S01E02 - "The Blaze"
Aired on May 21, 2019, 4:00 PM
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Bombing War: From Guernica to Hiroshima takes us around the entire world, as no region was spared: the free countries, such as those occupied by Axis forces. Seen from the skies, the war is revealed in a new light. The story of an insane race for power and destruction, which drained the wealth of nations, mobilised the most brilliant scientific minds, and left a world in ruins. In this new form of warfare, the first victims were civilians. The world that emerged from WWII would be changed forever. Overcome by its own technology, humanity would now be confronted with its ability to destroy itself.
Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)
E1
The Spiral
This is not a tale of invasion and great battles, but an account of a clearly-defined military strategy. It began in 1937 when Guernica and the Chinese cities of Chongqing and Shanghai were devastated by bombs. The destruction of civilian populations from the air culminated in Hiroshima in 1945.
May 21, 2019
60 min
E2
The Blaze
The world that emerged from WWII was changed forever because of the military reliance on the strategy of destruction caused by aerial bombing. Overcome by its own technology, humanity would now be confronted with its ability to destroy itself.
May 21, 2019
60 min
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