World War II's Allied Raid of Berlin Involved 1,000 Bombers (But Germany Fought On) by Warfare History Network Hitler was personally familiar with various types of Allied aircraft. Yes, I know the first 1,000-plane bombing raid was against Cologne. It purports to tell the story of Col. Greg Brandon (Christopher George) who proposed to group together a thousand allied B-17 Bombers to destroy a specific target producing German fighter planes. It would bring victory from the air.Critically, the RAF, and in particular Bomber Command, believed they could deliver this. Imagine the propaganda value of being able to drop leaflets on Germany saying “We used more than 1,000 bombers last night. by Warfare History Network. The Thousand Plane Raid is a 1969 DeLuxe Color film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Christopher George and Laraine Stephens.

Although claimed to be derived from Ralph Barker's The Thousand Plane Raid, the storyline of the film inaccurately portrays the first raid as an 8th Air Force mission while the actual attack was undertaken by 1,047 Royal Air Force bombers against the city of Cologne, Germany … His idea was known as the ‘Thousand Plan’. The film is called " The Thousand Plane Raid " which was directed by Boris Sagal and penned by novelist Ralph Barker. It stated that the purpose of a combined British and American air offensive against Germany was the “progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic systems and the undermining of the morale of the German people to a point where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened.” The Biggest Bombing Raid of World War II: 1000 Bombers Sent to Destroy Berlin. In the generation since it had originated, the RAF had developed firm traditions and beliefs. One of these, planted by the RAF’s first head Lord Trenchard, concerned the place of bombing in war.Trenchard believed overwhelming aerial bombardment could win wars. Your city is next.” Doolittle’s aerial armada was the war’s biggest bombing mission. By true 1,000 bomber raids I meant where 1,000 bombers were sent against a 'single' target - as the British did against Cologne, Essen and Bremen. The role of bombers was to pound strategic targets into rubble, ending the enemy’s ability to fight. For example the 20 Feb '44 raid did indeed number 1,003 bombers, but they were divided over three …

The first ever 1,000 bomber raid by the RAF was conducted on Cologne on the night of 30/31 … It was done by the RAF. They emptied out their training schools so they could come up with 1,000 bombers.

Harris wanted Bomber Command to participate in a raid that used near enough all of its front line and reserve strength in a bombing raid against a German city that would be so devastating that the people of Germany would force their leaders to sue for peace.