<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Phakathi nesonto lokugcina lika-July ngo-1943, i-Eighth Air Force ye-United States Army Air Forces USAAF yaqala ukuhlasela iJalimane ngohlelo lwasemoyeni lapho kwabulawa khona, kwalimala, noma kwalahleka khona amasosha angu-1.000. I-United States of America yaqalisa lezi zigigaba zomoya kanye ne-United Kingdom, eyazibiza ngokuthi  <response>: I-Operation iGomora. 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. 