War now does not allow any civillian casualites. Also now with the modern technology exaples like advanced radar, heat seeking missiles, more accurate bombing technology and more advanced aircraft, it is impossible to miss a target. Back in WW2 they bombed industrial areas because it was really hard to bomb a certain spot where the enemy army would be. I do not think it was acceptable back than because why kill millions of civillians when you can go directly to the source which was the military attacking? This is a really hard argument because if you attack the enemy army which is attacking you, you have to think about the deaths of your own men.
Rodney Stitch tell me in his writing the causes of this accident and the others were the long delayed correction of safety problems, maintenance oversight problems and also the lack of adequate fuselage strength at the cargo door. . This article is useful for my research since I can use it to discuss possible causes to the accident of United Airlines Boeing 747 Hawaii (1989). Word count: 98 words Source 2 Schlager, Neil (ed.) 1994,When Technology Fails : significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century, Gale Research, Detroit, pp.81-86.
The German’s lost the battle because they were tactically ordered very poorly and they were obsolete in the time of technological advancements. Germany’s idea of a fast and swift victory was thought to be won by their countless men, and there use of the tactic “Blitz”. Of coarse, many times when Germany attempted this, Britain were able to read, and prepare against Germany’s every move. Technology gave Britain the upper hand against Germany, and Britain was able to rebound from the unfortunate loses of inexperienced, and proper trained fighters. For example After the Battle of France, in which it had suffered heavy losses, the Luftwaffe needed time to recover and re-equip.
The 1945 Firestorm Bombing of Dresden, Germany In 1945 Allied Forces in Europe had gained air superiority. The firestorm bombing of Dresden, Germany was just one example which demonstrated how powerful Allied Bomber Command was. Many historians have questioned the need for such a campaign and whether it was an act of war or a war crime. They have also questioned whether Dresden was a legitimate military target or was used as a warning to the Russians not to advance further than agreed. More than eighteen thousand civilian and military personnel died.
Abstract The research question of this investigation is whether or not the Allies should have bombed Auschwitz concentration camp. Britain and the United States boasted two of the strongest air forces in the world during the Second World War, yet such an operation never came to fruition. The bombing operation would have targeted the camp itself and the railway tracks leading towards its perilous gates. In order to assess this research question numerous secondary and primary sources were utilized from scholarly articles, journal articles, newspaper articles, and first person accounts. This examination of sources helped bring forth strong arguments for both bombing opponents and proponents.
Soon, America knew that conventional warfare tactics with the communist guerilla fighters would not work. New types of weapons and tactics were implemented heavily in Vietnam. Such weapons included the two deadliest; Napalm and saturation bombings. These types of bombings would be dropped from jets high in the sky, usually guided by a recon team a couple miles away. You can see where a problem would arise here.
One of the main strategies of the USAAF was to support the Royal Air Force of England in the bombing of Germany. To succeed in these bombings American pilots flew bombers such as the B-24 Liberator, The B-25 Mitchell, and the B-29 Superfortress. Other planes that were also used include the P-51 Mustang, the P-38 Lightning, the P-40 Warhawk, and the F4U Corsair. But the most famous type plane and the favorite of pilots was the B-17 Flying Fortress, designed and built by Boeing. The B-17 was used in daylight precision bombing, and was the other half of England’s Nighttime bombing, otherwise known and Operation Pointblank.
One example of the new weapon was the long-range rocket and improved rifles to shoot at a farther distance. Pistols were always used in a combat if the solider cant uses his rifle. They are known to reload faster the rifle. More people or enemies were killed because of the new technology. The atomic bomb was a big part in World War 2, there were more deaths from a long distance and the people who did not get hit still had some sort of effect.
Tyler Rudolph Dr. Von Sturm-Day Composition 1 25 October 2009 The Effects of New Weapons on World War 1, 1914-1918 World War I signified the end of the era when civilians watched their champions on the battlefield. It became a war of knowledge and people, using the brains of scientists and inventors of the homeland. They created new weapons, which consumed awesome numbers of men and in time, led to a war on the ground, sea, and air. Differences in warfare became inevitable, and made thinking and ideas very important.
“Pushing the outside of the envelope” (Wolfe, p. 8) was a phrase that often used by the pilots in this book. This phrase meant they would push their jet to it limits. Most of them would survive but a couple did not such as one let his air speed drop too low and crashed and another was coming in for a landing doing a ninety degree turn and the controls failed and he also crashed. Even though many friends and colleagues have died, the main character Conrad still kept flying. Throughout the book, Conrad had a lot of friend’s crash and die.