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Podcast: World on Fire: A History of the Second World War
Episode: The Mighty Eighth (Ep3 - The Death of Innocence)
Description: While the daylight bombing campgain of the US 8th Air Force proved to be critical, over one million civilians would be caught in the mangled hell of fire and twisted steal. In this epsiode we will cover the evolution of bombing, the decision to fire bomb populated city, and US President Harry S. Truman's choice to decimate a civilian population in Japan. Wrapping up our series on the Might Eighth, we look at the death of the innocent on the ground.