Blankets of Fire: U.S. Bombers Over Japan During World War II |
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... enemy's organism , na- tional policy dictates . " 23 The basic assumption of strategic air warfare , then , was that long - range attacks against the enemy's vital centers would be decisive . A second assumption , as stated by Brancker ...
... enemy's organism , na- tional policy dictates . " 23 The basic assumption of strategic air warfare , then , was that long - range attacks against the enemy's vital centers would be decisive . A second assumption , as stated by Brancker ...
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... enemy's nation and that the best defense was to attack the enemy's homeland . He also argued that the effect of bombing on enemy morale would exceed the impact of physical de- struction by a factor of 20 : 1.29 In his classic book The ...
... enemy's nation and that the best defense was to attack the enemy's homeland . He also argued that the effect of bombing on enemy morale would exceed the impact of physical de- struction by a factor of 20 : 1.29 In his classic book The ...
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... enemy's most vulnerable target , its economy and morale . By the mid - 1930s advances in aviation technology had ... enemy air space and accurately bomb precise industrial targets . The airmen sought so - called bottleneck targets ...
... enemy's most vulnerable target , its economy and morale . By the mid - 1930s advances in aviation technology had ... enemy air space and accurately bomb precise industrial targets . The airmen sought so - called bottleneck targets ...
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Target for Strategic Bombing | 36 |
Best Bomber | 55 |
Operations | 84 |
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