The second in a new series of four programmes which examine the way that a few unusual men of different nations rose to the challenge of high command in the world's most destructive war.

This film is about a commander whose role in the war provokes question and argument. It fell to Harris to carry out the policy of bombing German cities. The programme presents the facts in the career of a man who had to send his men again and again into a long and terrible battle, yet himself could only command from the rear. A career ending in partial eclipse because, once the war was won, those who had backed his bomber offensives became somewhat ashamed of them.

Those taking part, from both sides of his offensive, include:
Air Chief Marshal Hon Sir Ralph Cochrane, Air Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, Albert Speer, Hans Brunswig, General Adolf Galland, Dr Noble Frankland Marshal of the RAF, Sir John Slessor
Written by Correlli Barnett