<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Njengoba impi yayiqhubeka, iMpi YaseBrithani yashintsha kusukela ekulweni ukuze kube namandla emoyeni kuya ekuhlaselweni ngamabhomu amasu nangomoya eLondon, eCoventry nakwamanye amadolobha aseBrithani. Ephendula ngalokhu, abaseBrithani bakha i - RAF Bomber Command, eyayikwazi ukujikijela izinkulungwane eziningi zamathani amabhomu endaweni eyodwa, naphezu kokulahlekelwa okukhulu kokuqala kwamabhomu ngo - 1940. Ibutho lamabhomu labe seliholwa u-Arthur Travers Harris emzamweni wokwephula umoya wamaJalimane futhi athole ukuzinikela okwakubikezelwe nguDouhet eminyakeni engu-15 ngaphambili. I-United States yajoyina impi futhi i-USAAF yaqinisa kakhulu umkhankaso, yaletha i-Eighth Air Force e-European Theatre. Amadolobha amaningi, amakhulu namancane, acishe abhujiswa ngamabhomu amabutho ahlangene. I-Köln, iBerlin,  <response>: IHamburg neDresden ziphakathi kwezindawo ezidume kabi kakhulu, lezi ezimbili zokugcina zineziphepho ezivuthayo. Incwadi kaW. G. Sebald, ethi On the Natural History of Destruction, ikhuluma ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu emizini yaseJalimane futhi ibuza ukuthi kungani kungadlali indima enkulu ekwazini kwesizwe samaJalimane, nokuthi kungani cishe kungekho mbhali waseJalimane obhale ngalezi zenzakalo. Naphezu kokuntuleka kokwaziswa, uhlobo oluthile lwefilimu, i-rubble film, eyadutshulwa phakathi kwemfucumfucu yasemadolobheni futhi ebonisa ukuphila okunzima kwalabo okwadingeka bakhe kabusha amadolobha abhuqiwe, yathuthuka eminyakeni eyalandela ukuphela kweMpi Yezwe II. 