London
The bombing of London was caused by Hitler's outrage over the British bombing of German cities early in the war. Hitler decided to shift the focus of the Luftwaffe from bombing British command centers to bombing the city of London. The bombing started on September 7 and continued for 76 nights afterwards with the exception of one night when the whether was bad. The German's first wave included 300 bombers escorted by 600 fighters. This was the largest air attack ever seen at the time period. The German bombers were supposed to bomb docks and key shipping areas but instead most bombs hit civilian areas.
Dresden
The bombing of Dresden was one of the most controversial bombing campaigns of WWII. The bombing took place in 1945 towards the end of the war. The German city of Dresden was known as a great place of German culture and art and had previously never been bombed during WWII. Even though it appeared that the war in Europe would be over within a month or so with the Allies pushing towards the western border of Germany and the Soviets towards the eastern border, the Allies still decided to bomb the city of Dresden killing several civilians and bombing many civilian buildings.
Berlin
The bombing of Berlin by the British was almost a complete failure. The bombing came after the first wave of German planes bombed London defying Hitler's orders to stay away from towns and heavy populated areas. The British tried to retaliate and bomb the German capital of Berlin. Hitler however saw this retaliation coming and heavily armed the city with anti- aircraft weaponry. Even though the weaponry never shot down any British planes it forced them to fly too high to accurately drop bombs. Most of the bombs ended up in fields or landing on civilian houses. This led to the retaliation by the Germans resulting in the extended bombing of London.
Tokyo
The first American bombing on Japan is also known as the Doolittle raids. This bombing came after the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. The raids were supposed to be at night making the planes harder to spot. The planes were also modified to be lighter and faster which meant that most of the plane's armor was removed. The planes also only had enough fuel to make it to the bombing site and back to their aircraft carrier. If any deviations happened in the flight pattern the plane wouldn't make it back. That is exactly what happened. The aircraft carriers that the bombers were supposed to take off from were detected early. The planes were forced to launch the attack early. The planes never made it to Tokyo and instead bombed small houses and some farmland. The Doolittle raids failed from a military standpoint but boosted morale in the Unit