Watch full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPjQCle-I_s During WW II the Allies were in the process of planning their strategic target prioritization. During the Casablanca Conference in January 1943, they devised what became known as the Pointblank Directive. This placed all primary targets in German occupied Europe according to priority, such as aircraft industry, shipbuilding ports, U-boat pens, petroleum, and rail networks including marshalling yards. Trains were a primary target, as they moved materiel and troops and were given priority for tactical fighter bombing and strafing. But Germany had a plan to combat the allies and protect their trains. Written and Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. Forgotten History is a 10th Legion Pictures Production. ============================================================================ Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ForgottenHistoryChannel Join this channel to get access to perks: null ============================================================================ Thanks for watching. Please subscribe using the link below so we can continue making new content. Your subscription to the channel means a lot to us! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5kKhnQUbZmABUeJJvj9aw ============================================================================ About us: Host/Military Historian/Film Consultant/US Army and USMC Veteran - Colin Heaton https://www.heatonlewisbooks.com/ Screenwriter/Director/Producer/US Marine Corps Veteran - Michael Droberg For collaboration and advertisements contact: droknows@hotmail.com https://www.michaeldroberg.com/ https://www.10thlegionpictures.com/ Video editor: Harris adlooper99@gmail.com ============================================================================ Associated channel for sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, and film related topics: null ============================================================================ -COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER UNDER SECTION 107 OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT 1976 - Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. #forgottenhistorychannel Sources: Colin Heaton and Anne Marie Lewis, The German Aces Speak. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press, 2011, p. 209. Falck interview. Interviews with Wolfgang Falck, Josef Kammhuber, Curtis E. LeMay. Colin Heaton, Night Fighters, Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 2008. U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. Interviews with Hans-Joachim Jabs.