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2 de jan. de 2020 · Updated on January 02, 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.
9 de abr. de 2024 · World War II. 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. Harris was reared in Rhodesia ...
The “Whirlwind” of Bomber Harris. Arthur Travers Harris, known as “Bomber” Harris, became commander of RAF Bomber Command in early 1942. Until then, Bomber Command hadn’t done much, but the energetic and controversial Harris soon changed all that. He became the architect and chief proponent of nighttime “area bombing” of major ...
A T Harris_P. Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur Harris. Arthur Travers. b: 13 Apr 1892 r: 15 Sep 1945 d: 5 Apr 1984. Baronet - 1 Jan 1953 (Conferred 13 Feb 1953), GCB - 14 Jun 1945 ( KCB - 11 Jun 1942, CB - 11 Jul 1940), OBE - 3 Jun 1927, AFC - 2 Nov 1918, MiD - 15 Sep 1939, MiD - 1 Jan 1941, LL.D ...
Sir Arthur Harris fue ascendido a Mariscal de la RAF en septiembre de 1946, y se retiró ese mismo año a dirigir una de sus inversiones en Sudáfrica hasta 1953. Ese año regresó a Inglaterra y fue nombrado Sir , Baronet y caballero gran cruz de la Orden del Baño .
Abstract. It is not the intention of this chapter to regurgitate the usual debates over Harris’s conduct of the bomber offensive. 1 Like most historians of the air war, the author has suffered for many years with ‘Harris fatigue’, and felt that there was little new to say about the man. However, a number of unexplored ‘rabbit holes ...
Arthur Travers Harris ( 13 avril 1892 - 5 avril 1984 ), 1er baronnet, surnommé « Bomber Harris » (« Harris le bombardier ») ou « Butcher Harris » (« Harris le boucher ») par ses subordonnés, est un militaire britannique, commandant des forces RAF de bombardement sur l' Allemagne nazie pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale .
