Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin makon da ya gabata na Yuli a 1943, Sojojin Sama na takwas na Sojojin Sama na Amurka (USAAF) sun kaddamar da wani hari a kan Jamus a cikin nau'i na hare-haren iska wanda aka kashe mutane 1,000, suka ji rauni, ko suka rasa. Amurka ta kaddamar da wadannan hare-haren sama tare da Birtaniya, wanda suka kira Operation Gomorrah
Ka yi haƙuri. An dauki Hamburg a matsayin muhimmiyar manufa mai mahimmanci saboda gidaje na U-boats da man fetur a yankin. Domin 'yan Nazi sun san da kuma fahimtar muhimmancin Hamburg, an kewaye birnin da makamai masu linzami kuma an yi tanadin mafaka 1,700 ga 'yan birnin 230,000. Don magance amfani da radar a Hamburg, ma'aikatan jirgin sama na Biritaniya sun yi amfani da tsararren takarda na tin, wanda aka sani da Chaff, ga dan kunar bakin wake wanda za a sauke shi don rikita allon radar kuma zai bayyana a matsayin tarin manufa a kan allo. Harin farko na Burtaniya ya zo ne a ranar 24, tare da USAAF don biye da rana mai zuwa, amma sun fuskanci matsaloli wajen kewaya birnin saboda yawan hayaki da RAF ya haifar a daren da ya gabata.