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Carpet bombing
The phrase
carpet bombing
refers to the use of huge numbers of unguided
gravity bombs
to ensure the certain destruction of a single target, as a means of mass destruction, or as a means to
demoralize
the enemy.
Subjects to cover:
the
bombing of London[?]
in
World War II
, also known as
the Blitz
Bomber Harris[?]
and the
bombing of Dresden[?]
and the resulting
firestorm[?]
"
strategic bombing
" and its failure to dent German morale
ineffectiveness of carpet bombing in the
Vietnam War
See also:
Shock and Awe
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