Listener Questions Pt. 8
History of the Second World War

Listener Questions Pt. 8

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202623 min
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Our first question comes today from Dave.

bombing campaign and whether or not it was worth the resources.

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You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to another history of the second World War question and answer episode. This is our eighth monthly installment and I start off every episode by reminding everyone

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that these will continue as long as questions continue to arrive. At the moment there are enough questions for this episode and the next one, so if you have any questions, be sure to send them into History of the Second World War at Outlook.com. Our first question comes today from Dave.

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Now this is in response to a previous answer I gave about the effectiveness of the strategic bombing campaign and whether or not it was worth the resources. I gave a kind of a wishy-washy answer. So here's Dave.

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