<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sezvo hondo yakafambira mberi, Hondo yeBritain yakachinja kubva pakurwira ukuru hwomumhepo kuva kurwiswa kweLondon, Coventry nemamwe maguta eBritain nebhomba. Mukutsiva nokuda kwaikoku, vaBritain vakavaka RAF Bomber Command, iyo yakanga ichikwanisa kuendesa zviuru zvakawanda zvamatani emabhomba pachinangwa chimwe, pasinei zvapo nokurasikirwa kukuru kwokubhomba kwokutanga muna 1940. Mauto ebhomba akabva atungamirirwa naArthur Travers Harris mukuedza kuputsa ushingi hweGermany uye kuwana kuzvipira kwakanga kwafanotaurwa naDouhet makore 15 akanga apfuura. United States yakabatana nehondo uye USAAF yakasimbisa zvikuru mushandirapamwe, ichiunza Eighth Air Force muEuropean Theatre. Maguta mazhinji, makuru nemaduku, akaparadzwa chaizvo nebhomba reAllied. Köln, Berlin,  <response>: Hamburg neDresden ndedzimwe dzenzvimbo dzine mukurumbira wakashata zvikurusa, idzi mbiri dzokupedzisira dzichikudziridza dutu romwoto. Bhuku raW. G. Sebald, On the Natural History of Destruction, rinotsinhira pamusoro pokuputika mabhomba pamaguta eGermany uye rinobvunza chikonzero nei kusingaiti rutivi rukuru mukuziva kworudzi rweGermany, uye nei pasina vanyori veGermany vakanyora pamusoro pezviitiko. Pasinei nokushayikwa kwezvinyorwa, rudzi rwemafirimu, firimu remarara, rakapfurwa pakati pematongo emaguta uye rinoratidzira upenyu hwakaoma hweavo vaifanira kuvakazve maguta akaparadzwa, rakagadzirwa mumakore pashure pokuguma kweHondo Yenyika II. 