00:00Le Havre, September 1944. The city was bombed like no other French city before it.
00:06It is an apocalyptic sight.
00:08The Allies wanted to reclaim the strategic port still held by the Nazis.
00:13Airstrikes were virtually the only way to attack the enemy.
00:18Faced with German stubbornness, the Royal Air Force attacked the city suddenly without evacuating the remaining civilians.
00:24Few enemies were hit while thousands of Le Havre residents fell under the bombs.
00:28It is a war crime, something that deserves an apology.
00:32A look back at the truth behind this tragic event in 1944, Le Havre, under Allied bombs.
00:38Tonight at 9.10pm on Nova 19.
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