The bombing of Coventry, England, in November 1940 revealed the brutal hand of German aggression, ripping through vast residential areas and leaving a trail of devastation. The Allies craved vengeance. They aimed to break the German spirit. By November 1941, Britain had set up a covert wartime organization: RE8. It had a straightforward yet frightening mission: engineering an inferno the likes of which the world had never seen.

British engineers, hardened by their own experiences as survivors of the Blitz, sought to craft a far more devastating bombing method to bring Germany to its knees. They scrutinized the construction of German homes, building massive replicas of Hamburg’s most densely packed neighborhoods to master the art of spreading a firestorm.

The engineers calculated the perfect ratio of highexplosive bombs and incendiaries, concocting a lethal mix of magnesium bombs and oilbased incendiaries. For months, they studied meteorological conditions and wind patterns, knowing high winds would be the best catalyst for the firestorm they intended to unleash.

After grueling months of research, by 1943, RE8 had distilled and engineered Armageddon. They would bring forth a catastrophe of biblical proportions on Hamburg. On July 24, the skies over Germany darkened. Over the following days, more than 3,000 Allied aircraft took to the air, armed with over 9,000 tons of explosives. Their goal? Creating an untamable firestorm, a hurricane of destruction whose temperatures would soar past 1,400 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than volcanic lava. The wrath of the Allied powers was about to be unleashed in what was aptly named Operation Gomorrah…



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