Timewatch
Season 12 Episode 7 - Special: Battle of the Bombers
Fifty years ago Bomber Command launched a massive campaign against Nazi Germany - the Battle of the Ruhr. In this special edition Jonathan Dimbleby explores the military and moral issues posed by a form of warfare which, since the end of the war, has become a matter of great contention. Was Britain's area-bombing campaign a necessary strategy to defeat Hitler or was it a war crime? The film revisits the industrial city of Essen to hear from Germans who endured the unceasing night-time campaign and, in the studio, Dimbleby questions RAF veterans, victims of the bombing, military historians and those recently involved in policy-making.
Episodes in Season 12
Allied to the Mafia
50 min
The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire
50 min
The Stolen Child
50 min
The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover
50 min
The Pill: Prescription for Revolution
50 min
Buffalo Bill
50 min
Special: Battle of the Bombers
75 min
On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging
48 min
True Story of the Roman Arena
50 min
The Mother of All Battles
50 min
Hunger Strike: A Hidden History
50 min
Children of the Third Reich
50 min
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
90 min
Chairman Mao the Last Emperor
60 min
