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Author
Brunswig, H.
Title
Practical Experiences of Fire Protection Services. A Critical Presentation of the Organization, Technology, and Tactics of Fire Protection as Employed by a Civil Defense Organization During World War II. Part 2.
Sponsor
Office of Civil Defense, Washington, DC
Report
Part 2; Work Unit No. 4315A
June 1966
296 p.
Contract
OCD-0S-63-134
Keywords
fire protection | fire fighting | fire storms | nuclear weapons | fire departments | civil defense | fire damage | bombs (ordnance)
Identifiers
technology and tactics of military firesetting; incendiary bomb effects; urban protection against fire storms; German fire departments
Abstract
Part 2 of this Study is a collection of pictures of the fires and fire damage resulting from allied air raids over Germany in World War II. Notable among them are the photographs taken of the Hamburg fire storms (July 1943) and its effects.