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The From the home of the codebreakers and the birthplace of modern computing, this is the Bletchley Park podcast.

Welcome to the November 2025 episode of the Bletchley Park podcast.

Reeping the whirlwind.

During the second half of World War II, the Allied Air Forces launched a large-scale,

heavy bomber offensive against German

cities and war industries. This was designed to damage Germany's ability and will to continue the

war. It also represented a way for Britain and the USA to support the Soviet Union before the

D-Day invasion. The whole campaign was guided by intelligence to identify the right targets, determine

how badly they were damaged and assess the effects on the German war effort.

This huge undertaking taxed allied intelligence capabilities to their limits.

It has since become one of the many contended issues in the debates around this costly

and controversial campaign. In this It Happened Here episode, we're joined by Research

Officer Dr Thomas Cheatham to explain the way signals intelligence from Bletchley Park did and

didn't guide Allied bombing strategy.

Our thanks go to Owen Mugan and Sarah Langston

for voicing our historical documents.

... This is Bletchley Park. It happened here.

Object.

Primarily the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial,

and economic systems, and the undermining of the morale of the German people to a point

where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened.

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