Nuremberg | Battlefields.ca https://battlefields.ca Canadian First and Second World War Battlefield Tours, Books and TV Series Documentaries Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Striking Back https://battlefields.ca/battlefield-books-dvds/striking-back/ Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:04:59 +0000 http://www.battlefields.ca/?post_type=product&p=17815 Historian, Norm Christie, examines the old battlefields, visiting the cemeteries and memorials that hold the secrets to the legacy and sacrifices of the Canadians in the Dieppe Raid and Bomber Command. (Not covered in For King & Country). In this Episode Norm examines the methods that the Allies could strike at Hitler's Fortress Europe. The only hits that could be made was by amphibious raids (of which Dieppe was the biggest) and in the air, by heavy bombers. The first part of the episode covers the Dieppe Raid, the raid that taught the Allies that courage could only go so far, and that thorough planning and preparation, with reasonable objectives was the sole route to success. Part 2 covers Bomber Command, in particularly the attack on Nuremberg in 1944. Veteran Jim Moffat recounts the life of the Bomber crews and that terrible night over occupied Europe, when Jim's plane went down. Moffatt was the only survivor.

The post Striking Back first appeared on Battlefields.ca.]]> Deadly Mission: Canadian Airmen over Nuremberg https://battlefields.ca/battlefield-books-dvds/deadly-mission-canadian-airmen-over-nuremberg/ Sat, 06 Sep 2014 22:34:36 +0000 http://www.battlefields.ca/?post_type=product&p=17231 In this volume Dr. Bill Rodney, DFC & Bar takes the reader through the life of a RCAF Bomber crew. Eminently qualified as an Historian but even more so as a high-decorated Bomber pilot, Dr. Rodney explains in exciting detail the training, the flak, the night-fighters and the technology that made Bomber Command the most lethal posting of any airman. The night Ops to Nuremberg in March 1944 was the high-water mark of the Luftwaffe night-fighters. In a terrifying night the Germans shot down 95 Allied bombers and killed more than 500 airmen, including more than 100 Canadians.

WHAT WENT WRONG? Bill Rodney explains the strategies of the air war, and how if the other side got a little advantage it would be catastrophic to the flyers. Nuremberg was one of those nights. Asides include a Roll of Honour for all Canadians killed in the operation, and the special story of Jim Moffatt’s Halifax LV 923 collision with another aircraft. Jim was the lone survivor.

by Norm Christie

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