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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris , 1st Baronet , -LRB- 13 April 1892 -- 5 April 1984 -RRB- , commonly known as `` Bomber '' Harris by the press and often within the RAF as `` Butcher '' Harris , was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief -LRB- AOC-in-C -RRB- RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War .. Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Bomber Command. RAF Bomber Command. Second World War. Second World War. Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief. Air Officer Commanding. RAF Bomber Command. RAF Bomber Command. In 1942 , the British Cabinet agreed to the `` area bombing '' of German cities .. British Cabinet. Cabinet of the United Kingdom. German. Nazi Germany. area bombing. area bombing. Harris was tasked with implementing Churchill 's policy and supported the development of tactics and technology to perform the task more effectively .. Churchill. Churchill. Harris assisted British Chief of the Air Staff Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Portal in carrying out the United Kingdom 's most devastating attacks against the German infrastructure and population , including the Bombing of Dresden .. Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Chief of the Air Staff. Chief of the Air Staff ( United Kingdom ). Charles Portal. Charles Portal. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. German. Nazi Germany. Bombing of Dresden. Bombing of Dresden in World War II. Harris emigrated to Southern Rhodesia in 1910 , aged 17 , but returned to England in 1915 to fight in the European theatre of the First World War .. First World War. First World War. Southern Rhodesia. Southern Rhodesia. European theatre. Western Front ( World War I ). He joined the Royal Flying Corps , with which he remained until the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918 , and he remained in the Air Force through the 1920s and 1930s , serving in India , Mesopotamia , Persia , Egypt , Palestine , and elsewhere .. Royal Air Force. Royal Air Force. Royal Flying Corps. Royal Flying Corps. India. British India. Mesopotamia. RAF Iraq Command. Persia. Persia. Egypt. Kingdom of Egypt. Palestine. Mandatory Palestine. At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 , Harris took command of No. 5 Group RAF in England , and in February 1942 was appointed head of Bomber Command .. Bomber Command. RAF Bomber Command. No. 5 Group. No. 5 Group RAF. Second World War. Second World War. No. 5 Group RAF. No. 5 Group RAF. He retained that position for the rest of the war .. After the war Harris moved to South Africa where he managed the South African Marine Corporation .. Harris 's continued preference for area bombing over precision targeting remains controversial , partly because many senior Allied air commanders thought it less effective and partly for the large number of civilian casualties and destruction this strategy caused in Continental Europe .. area bombing. area bombing. precision targeting. precision bombing. Allied. Allies ( World War II ). Continental Europe. Continental Europe