Hamburg, bombing

This reaction of aluminium with ifon(lll) Oxide is called the thermite reaction. It is used to make molten steel for mending and welding broken railway lines the temperature reached is about 2000 °C. The thermite mixture was often used in World War II incendiary bombs, such as those which devastated London, Hamburg and Dresden. 

U-boat warfare, and the bombing of Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, and other European cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide further evidence that extreme aggressiveness lies... 

The Battle of Hamburg cannot be won in a single night It is estimated that at least 10,000 tons of bombs will have to be dropped to complete the process of elimination This city should be subjected to sustained attack ... 

Stimson emphasized] the appalling lack of conscience and compassion that the war had brought about... the complacency, the indifference, and the silence with which we greeted the mass bombings in Europe and, above all, Japan. He was not exultant about the bombings of Hamburg, of Dresden, of... 

Spectacular use of phosphorus bombs in warfare - Operation Gomorrah carried out against Hamburg Nucleic acids (rather than proteins) established as the carriers of genetic information Discovered Parathion... 

A spectacular illustration of the destructive power of phosphorus bombs was provided by Operation Gomorrah carried out against Hamburg in 1943. Bombing raids set fire to the city and... 

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