Politics: 75 years ago, US bombers flew into the 'most violent, savagely fought, and bloodiest' battle of their campaign to halt the Nazi war machine

Allied bombers ramped up attacks on German industry in 1943. But their reliance on daylight attacks with limited fighter escorts opened them up to vicious counterattacks from the Germans.

75 years ago, US bombers flew into the 'most violent, savagely fought, and bloodiest' battle of their campaign to halt the Nazi war machine