Germans Claimed Hamburg Was Invincible — Until 10,000 Bombs Turned the City Into Ruins Overnight скачать в хорошем качестве

Germans Claimed Hamburg Was Invincible — Until 10,000 Bombs Turned the City Into Ruins Overnight

January 1943 — Hamburg, Germany. A city shrouded in fog and pride. A fortress of steel, industry, and faith in invincibility. The people believed their city was untouchable — protected by the might of the Luftwaffe, guarded by colossal flak towers, and blessed by propaganda that promised safety. But six months later, that illusion would burn away. Operation Gomorrah — July 1943. When nearly 800 British bombers turned night into day and unleashed a firestorm so powerful it created its own hurricane winds. Streets melted, air became flame, and within hours, Hamburg — Germany’s “Gateway to the World” — was consumed by an inferno of total war. This is the story of the night the myth of German invincibility died. Of the men who believed they could defend the Reich from the sky. Of the civilians who faced a storm born of fire. And of a city whose destruction changed the course of modern warfare forever.