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   Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign ...

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3. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › bomber-harris“Bomber” Harris and His Royal Air Force Bomber Command

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   Arthur Harris, nicknamed "Bomber" Harris, directed the British strategic air offensive against Nazi Germany during World War II. He advocated area bombing of German cities to demoralize the population and shorten the war, but faced criticism and controversy for his methods and goals.

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   Arthur Harris, c.1940 © Harris led RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, earning him the nickname 'Bomber Harris'. His implementation of the policy of 'saturation' or 'area' bombing of German ...

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › Sir-Arthur-TraversSir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet - Britannica

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   Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet (born April 13, 1892, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England—died April 5, 1984, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) was a British air officer who initiated and directed the “saturation bombing” that the Royal Air Force inflicted on Germany during World War II.

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   Jan 2, 2020 · Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force's Bomber Command for much of World War II. A fighter pilot in World War I, Harris was charged with implementing the British policy of area bombing German cities in the later conflict. During the war, he built Bomber Command into a ...

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8. www.airandspaceforces.com › article › 0911keeperfileThe “Whirlwind” of Bomber Harris | Air & Space Forces Magazine

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   Sep 1, 2011 · Arthur Travers Harris, or "Bomber" Harris, led the nighttime area bombing of German cities during World War II. He warned the Nazis that they would reap the whirlwind of their aggression and predicted the US entry into the war.

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   Who was Arthur Harris?

   • Arthur Harris, c.1940 © Harris led RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, earning him the nickname 'Bomber Harris'. His implementation of the policy of 'saturation' or 'area' bombing of German cities has made him a hugely controversial figure. Arthur Travers Harris was born on 13 April 1892 in Cheltenham. His father was in the Indian Civil Service.

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   Who was Sir Arthur Travers Harris?

   • Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet was a British air officer who initiated and directed the “saturation bombing” that the Royal Air Force inflicted on Germany during World War II. Harris was reared in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and educated in English public schools. He joined the 1st Rhodesian

   Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet | WW2 Bomber Commander, RAF

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   Who was Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris?

   • Racing his Bentley at breakneck speed between his High Wycombe headquarters and the Air Ministry during World War II, Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris was the bane of motorcycle policemen on the London road. Late one night, a constable stopped him and said reproachfully, “You might have killed somebody, sir.”

   “Bomber” Harris and His Royal Air Force Bomber Command

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   Why was Arthur Travers Harris nicknamed 'Butcher'?

   • For this he gained the nickname of “Butcher,” along with “Bert,” “Ginger,” and “Butch.” Bomber Command Chief Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris became one of the most controversial Allied figures of WWII due to his relentless bombing of German cities.

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   What did Air Marshal Harris do?

   • A firm believer in mass raids, Air Marshal Harris developed the saturation technique of mass bombing—that of concentrating clouds of bombers in a giant raid on a single city, with the object of completely demolishing its civilian quarters.

   Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet | WW2 Bomber Commander, RAF

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   How did Harris and Eaker relate to Churchill?

   • With growing incredulity, Harris and Eaker listened as Churchill summarized the Allied triumphs all over the world without mentioning the strategic bombing campaign apart from an oblique reference to damage inflicted on Berlin. Harris retained his admiration and affection for the prime minister but never forgot this slight of his men.

   “Bomber” Harris and His Royal Air Force Bomber Command

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10. www.nytimes.com › 1984/04/07 › obituariesSIR ARTHUR T. HARRIS IS DEAD AT 91; LED BRITAIN'S BOMBER ...

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    Apr 7, 1984 · Sir Arthur Travers Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force and the last of the leaders who planned and directed Allied operations against Germany in World War II, died Thursday night at...