Shattered World - Segment 55.1
Shattered World - Segment 55.1.1(revised) October 6th 1949 to October 13th 1949 October 6th 1949 British and American heavy bombers operating from the Canaries and the middle east hammer Tunis and Tripoli in large conventional strikes that significantly set back Axis repair efforts on the critical strategic harbors there. Alliance bomber losses are heavy in the unescorted raids. At the same time that the large conventional raids are hitting Tunis and Tripoli, another smaller raid approaches the Tunisian port city of Bizerte which has become an important port and naval base for the Axis after the atomic attacks on Tunis and Tripoli. This smaller raid, approaching from out of the Sahara, consists of a dozen B-31 bombers and their long ranged fighter escorts operating from British-held Libya. One of the B-31's carries a 24 kiloton British atomic bomb. However, the Germans have been watching and waiting for just such a small, escorted, heavy bomber raid and a swarm of Axis intercept...