HARRIS, Sir Arthur "Bomber".

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Despatch on War Operations, 23rd February, 1942, to 8th May, 1945. Classified "secret", this duplicated-typescript copy of the final portion of Harris's comprehensive report was likely produced contemporary to the first formal publication of Harris's report in print. Part V contains statistics and graphs, and the series of lengthy appendices discuss the development of bombing techniques and armaments, tactics and radio countermeasures, sea mining, and the operational use of meteorology.Harris's report unequivocally justified the ferocious bombing of Germany in the second half of the war. It was printed in letterpress in January 1946 in a run of 100 copies bound in blue cloth. Three of these are now held institutionally (Imperial War Museum, National Archives, and Rice University). In this typescript version, the "Summary of Air Ministry Directives" is listed as a sixth distinct part, but in the letterpress publication they became Appendix L. The graphs are the same as those issued in January 1946, with the exception of 5A, which is a photographic reproduction of an earlier version on graph paper.

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