Cika wannan jumla: Yayin da yaƙin ya ci gaba, Yaƙin Burtaniya ya samo asali ne daga gwagwarmayar neman ikon sama zuwa dabarun da kuma fashewar bam na London, Coventry da sauran biranen Burtaniya. A cikin ramuwar gayya ga wannan, 'yan Birtaniya sun gina RAF Bomber Command, wanda zai iya kawo dubban ton na bama-bamai a kan manufa guda ɗaya, duk da yawan asarar da aka yi a cikin 1940. Daga nan sai Arthur Travers Harris ya jagoranci rundunar 'yan kunar bakin wake a kokarin karya halin Jamusawa da kuma samun mika wuya wanda Douhet ya annabta shekaru 15 da suka gabata. Amurka ta shiga yakin kuma USAAF ta karfafa yakin, ta kawo Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Takwas a cikin Gidan Yakin Turai. Birane da yawa, manya da ƙanana, sun kusan halaka ta wurin harin bom na Allied. Cologne, Berlin,
Hamburg da Dresden suna cikin mafi munin sanannun, na biyun da ke haɓaka guguwa. Littafin W. G. Sebald, "A kan Tarihin Halitta na Halaka", yayi sharhi game da fashewar bam din na biranen Jamus kuma ya yi tambaya me yasa ba ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin tunanin al'ummar Jamusawa, kuma me yasa kusan babu wani marubucin Jamus da ya rubuta game da abubuwan da suka faru. Duk da karancin wallafe-wallafen, wani nau'in fim, fim din rubble, wanda aka harba a cikin tarkacen birane kuma ya nuna rayuwar mutanen da suka sake gina garuruwan da aka lalata, ya bunkasa a cikin shekarun bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu.