On this day 82 years ago, on November 23, 1943 (October 26, 1943 in the lunar calendar), the United Kingdom and the United States began their air raids on Berlin, Germany. Berlin after being bombed by the Allies On November 23, 1943, the United Kingdom and the United States began their air raids on Berlin, Germany. During World War II, the British and American air forces carried out the largest and longest strategic bombing in military history on the German mainland and its occupied areas from May 1940 to April 1945. The entire air offensive operation was divided into four phases. During the second phase of operations from January 1943 to January 1944, on November 23, 1943, the British and American air forces began their air raids on Berlin. On that day, 402 bombers dropped 1,593 tons of bombs on Berlin. The main task of the air offensive was to gradually strengthen the destruction of the German military, industrial and economic system, paralyze it, and shake the German army's fighting spirit and weaken its ability to carry out armed resistance. During the bombing, the US Air Force used daylight bombardment to destroy individual important military and industrial targets, while the British Air Force used area bombardment to carry out intensive bombardment at night. During the air strikes, the British and American Air Forces used various methods to confuse the Germans, making it impossible to determine the real target of the attack. For example, when choosing bomber routes, they tried to get the Germans to confirm that the bombers were flying towards a certain target, but at the last moment, the planes often suddenly changed course and flew to the real target, causing the radar operators of the German fighter commanding the navigation station to be confused. The bombing of the day left the streets of Berlin covered with rubble, and people were terrified and could not sleep at night. The Germans shot down 9 British and American aircraft with fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns. By March 1944, the British and American had dispatched more than 20,000 aircraft to attack Berlin 16 times and other cities 12 times. The bombing caused great damage to the city. Comment: Damaged the morale of German fascists.