In this episode of the Adjutants Lounge, Dr Phil Blood and I continue the discussion of the 14 July 1943 bombing of the city of Aachen and the subsequent investigations carried out by the RAF regarding the efficacy of their air assaults on the city. Phil then discusses how this was measured against the damage caused by the Battle of Aachen which took place between Sept and Oct 1944. Phil also discusses Aachen's turbulent history in the period immediately after liberation by the Allies in 1944.

The accompanying slides produced by Phil can be found at: https://twitter.com/BloodPhilip/status/1416371871822622726 

Links of interest to get you started on your learning journey:

Battle of Aachen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen

British Operational Research in World War II: https://www.jstor.org/stable/170548

Luftwaffe night fighter tactics: https://www.gyges.dk/Wilde%20&%20Zahme%20Sau.htm

Solly Zuckerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solly_Zuckerman,_Baron_Zuckerman

Saul Paddover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_K._Padover

Franz Oppenhoff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Oppenhoff

Werwolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werwolf

*cover image US Army rifleman in a burning Aachen. US Army