The Battle of Berlin was a British bombing campaign on Berlin from November 1943 to March 1944, as well as other German cities to prevent concentration of defences in Berlin.
It was launched by Arthur “Bomber” Harris, AOC of RAF Bomber Command in November 1943. Harris believed this could be the blow which broke German resistance: “It will cost us between 400 and 500 aircraft.It will cost Germany the war.”
By this time he could deploy over 800 long-range bombers on any given night, equipped with new and more sophisticated navigational devices such as H2S radar.
The first raid of the battle on the night of 18 November – 19 November 1943. Berlin, was the main target, and was attacked by 440 Avro Lancasters and four de Havilland Mosquitos. The city was under cloud and the damage was not severe.
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