<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Phakathi nesonto lokugcina lika-July ngo-1943, i-Eighth Air Force ye-United States Army Air Forces USAAF yaqala ukuhlasela iJalimane ngendlela yokuhlaselwa emoyeni lapho amabutho angu-1 000 abulawa khona, alimala, noma alahleka. I - United States of America yaqalisa lezi zigigaba zomoya kanye ne - United Kingdom, eyazibiza ngokuthi i - Operation Gomorrah  <response>: . futhi. IHamburg yayibhekwa njengenhloso ebalulekile ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwama-U-boats nezindawo zokuhlanza uwoyela esifundeni. Ngenxa yokuthi amaNazi ayazi futhi ekuqonda ukubaluleka kweHamburg, leli dolobha lalizungezwe izikhali zokulwa nezindiza futhi kwabekwa izindawo zokucasha ezingu - 1 700 zezakhamuzi zalo ezingu - 230 000. Ukuze kuvinjelwe ukusetshenziswa kwe-radar eHamburg, izisebenzi zamabhomu aseBrithani zafaka imichilo ye-tin foil, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Chaff, ebhombini elalizolahlwa ukuze lididanise isikrini se-radar futhi libonakale njengeqoqo lezinhloso esikrinini. Ukuhlasela kokuqala kweBrithani kwafika ngomhla ka-24, ne-USAAF elandela ngosuku olulandelayo, kodwa babhekana nobunzima bokuhamba edolobheni ngenxa yenani elikhulu lentuthu i-RAF eyayibangele ngobusuku obandulele. 