The orders included the following: "In order to demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre … the intention is to apply within the shortest practical period the maximum effort of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command and the 8th United States Bomber Command against objectives in the densely populated Ruhr."
Verilen talimat şöyleydi: „In order to demonstrate to the enemy in Germany generally the overwhelming superiority of the Allied Air Forces in this theatre the intention is to apply within the shortest practical period the maximum effort of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command and the 8th United States Bomber Command against objectives in the densely populated Ruhr.“ (Düşman Almanya'ya ezici hava üstünlüğünü bu savaş sahnesinde göstermek için hedef en kısa zamanda maksimum çaba ile Royal Air Force Bomber Command ve ayrıca 8. United States Bomber Command'ın kalabalık Ruhr bölgesine'deki hedeflere karşı bir şey yapması.)