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Selected Online Resources
https://youtu.be/lFxDL4_Xavo?si=knY1dSrIhaa5viRG
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointblank_directive
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butt_Report
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_bombing_directive
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca_directive
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1218637 - Western War Plan W5a and W6

Selected Bibliography
America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing 1910-1945 - McFarland et al.
Dresden – Sinclair McKay
Dresden; Tuesday….. – Fredrick Taylor
Absolute War – The Firebombing of Tokyo
Black Snow -
Bomber Command – Max Hastings
Bomber Command’s War Against Germany, An Official History – Nobel Franklin et al.
The Bomber Mafia – Malcolm Gladwell
Absolute War – Chris Bellamy
Undaunted and Through Adversity (Vol 1 &2) – Ben Kite
United States Strategic Bombing Survey (European War) (USSBS) Sept 1945 – Var. - https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101634748-bk
America’s Pursuit of Precision Bombing 1910-1945, McFarland
Big Week – James Holland