The bombing of Berlin was one of the most intense and emotionally charged operations of WWII. As American bombers soared over Europe, the stakes were higher than ever.

In World War II British and American Allied forces carried out a bombing campaign of unprecedented might over Germany's cities, claiming the lives of nearly half a million civilians.

Over the decades, incident followed incident - the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, the killing of American soldiers in a Berlin nightclub, the downing of Pan Am 103, and the first ...