strategic bombing during World War II - Encyclopedia Britannica
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OverviewOrigins of strategic bombingThe concept of strategic air offensiveObjectiveMeansApplicationStrategic employment of air powerGerman air campaignsBritish air campaignsU.S. air campaigns in Europe and the PacificThe theory and practice of strategic bombing began in World War I but did not advance beyond …The weapons then available for surface war favoured defense over offense. As a result, the Western Front remained comparatively stationary for the greater part of four years, yielding a blood bath of positional war. Superiority of defense was a concomitant of the relative immobility …The consequence of the superiority of defense resulting from immobility of firepower was that W…The conclusion seemed plausible that constant increase of firepower, mounted in defensive works, would insure the continued superiority of defense over offense, given equality of forces engaged, and provided the “home fronts” remained unbroken. In the following years some auth…See more on britannica.com The theory and practice of strategic bombing began in World War I but did not advance beyond …The weapons then available for surface war favoured defense over offense. As a result, the Western Front remained comparatively stationary for the greater part of four years, yielding a blood bath of positional war. Superiority of defense was a concomitant of the relative immobility … The consequence of the superiority of defense resulting from immobility of firepower was that W…The conclusion seemed plausible that constant increase of firepower, mounted in defensive works, would insure the continued superiority of defense over offense, given equality of forces engaged, and provided the “home fronts” remained unbroken. In the following years some auth…
The theory and practice of strategic bombing began in World War I but did not advance beyond …The weapons then available for surface war favoured defense over offense. As a result, the Western Front remained comparatively stationary for the greater part of four years, yielding a blood bath of positional war. Superiority of defense was a concomitant of the relative immobility …
The consequence of the superiority of defense resulting from immobility of firepower was that W…The conclusion seemed plausible that constant increase of firepower, mounted in defensive works, would insure the continued superiority of defense over offense, given equality of forces engaged, and provided the “home fronts” remained unbroken. In the following years some auth…
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