Strategic Bombing WW2 During WW2, the Allied and Axis powers each used strategic bombing to try and defeat their enemy economically. Both bombed factories where military weapons where being made to slow down their enemy. Also being bombed where military forces, railways, harbors, cities, civillians, and industrial areas. They did this to try and break down their enemys will to fight, to try and lower their morale and help shorten the war. My opinion on this argument is that there should be no civillians killed by bombs unless it was accidental.
Hitler decided to bomb the British airfields and then eventually cities. The British cities were bombed to bring out the RAF so the Luftwaffe could take them down. But Hitler underestimated the RAF, because the British had RADAR technology.
The objective of the raid was unclear, and has largely been attributed to the personal ambition of Vice-Admiral Louis, Lord Mountbatten, then Chief of Combined Operations. Mountbatten apparently acted without specific authorisation and therefore without access to the necessary resources and intelligence. [1][page needed] Possible objectives included seizing and holding a major port for a short period, both to prove it was possible and to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials, while assessing the German responses. The Allies also wanted to destroy coastal defences, port structures and all strategic buildings. The raid could have given a morale boost to the troops, Resistance, and general public, while assuring the Soviet Union of the commitment of the United Kingdom and the United States.
The President of Cuba said that he felt that Cuba had a moral responsibility to support the United States. This feeling originated from our earlier support of Cuba for their independence. Next, from the moment Cuba declared war on Germany, Cuba’s geographical position invited German attacks. They had to prepare their defenses. Germany’s U-boat warfare was another reason for Cuba’s entry into the war.
Poison Gas: Most of people assume that poison gas was used first by the German. It’s not really accurate. It was used by the French to stop the seemingly unstoppable German army advancing throughout Belgium and North-Eastern France. In one sense, it was an act of desperation but went against the 'rules' of war. However, while the French were the first to use a gas against an enemy, the Germans had been giving a great deal of thought to the use of poison gas as a way of defeating enemy.
P: The US targeted industrial sites in order to dent the war supplies of North Vietnam and ultimately force North Vietnam to come to the negotiating table. E: This was attempted by the US with operation rolling thunder which began on 2nd March 1965 and ended on 1 November 1968. (Bircher page 16) A: This had some success for the Americans. This was because through this they were able to damage North Vietnam’s war effort by causing considerable damage to key industrial sites, which harboured many war supplies. Moreover, the Americans were able to keep the number of troops on the ground at a minimum level whilst still being able to attack the communist groups.
You can see where a problem would arise here. The pilots would have no idea who they are dropping their bombs on, just what coordinates it is. Bombs were dropped on US soldiers everyday but more vital, local South Vietnamese. America might not have understood at the time but they were the biggest recruiter for their own enemy. Every village destroyed, brother killed, livestock murdered.
Many of these new aircrafts and jets were created in secrecy because the Treaty of Versailles, previously established, restricted the development of aircraft for war from the Germans. Another important weapon that arose from this period were specific military vehicles and ships such as submarines, aircraft carriers, and tanks (also secretly designed by the Germans). Aircraft carriers allowed airplanes and jets to be moved across the sea and submarines allowed for better mobility and stealth underwater. Submarines were vital to operations in the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean. Submarines sunk supply merchant fleets and war ships, which ultimately prevented countries, like Japan, from replacing lost aircrews and allowing the navy to stray far from its oil supply.
After the battle of Midway, the Japanese had to move further to look for new battlegrounds in bid for victory. On the other hand, the American troops had to develop strategies on how they would capture the islands at the Pacific. For the best interests of both the Japanese and American troops, the battle for Guadalcanal remained the best strategic location that would satisfy the interest of both troops. If the Japanese would take over the island, they would cut off communication between Australia and America hence reducing the military power of the Americans. If the Americans would take over the island, they
The German Luftwaffe often sent 109 fighters to bomb English cities with an aim to destroy civilian morale. They were called “blitzes”. The English retaliation to these blitzes killed more citizens in Hamburg than all the blitzes combined. The war in the skies was an important part of WWII. It’s important to study how aircraft was used during WWII because the effects were so devastating.