The Area Bombing Directive was a directive issued by the Air Ministry of the War Cabinet to the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II on 14 February...

defended. The bombing followed the Area Bombing Directive issued to the RAF on 14 February 1942 which authorised the targeting of civilian areas. Lübeck, a...

 59. United States Strategic Bombing Survey (June 1946). "U. S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"...

strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military...

carrier-based long-range bombers, in April 1942. However, strategic bombing and urban area bombing of Japan only began at scale in 1944 after the long-range B-29...

Europe. Documentation on the strategy based on the effects of the Area bombing directive issued in February 1942, after it was accepted by the Churchill...

Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large area bombardment done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected...

Fire Department firefighters who responded to Hickam Field during the bombing in Honolulu, becoming the only fire department members on American soil...

The bombing of Kobe (Kōbe dai-kūshū) on March 16 and 17, 1945, was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United States...

homes in the surrounding area. This became known as "area bombing". This change was not driven by the inaccuracy of bombing at this stage, but by studying...

precision bombing. Japanese cities were specified as the secondary target, with area bombing being authorized for use against them. The directive also indicated...

Milan was subjected to heavy bombing during World War II, being the most bombed city in Northern Italy and one of the most bombed cities in the country. During...

The bombing of Kumagaya (熊谷空襲, Kumagaya-kūshū) on 14 August 1945, was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the United States of America against...

deadliest bombing took place on 16 July 1944, with 1,453 killed and 4,525 wounded. History of Munich Bombing of Augsburg in World War II Strategic bombing during...

rather than aiming for any specific factory or industry under the Area Bombing directive. At the same time it invested in navigational aids and target marking...

related to Darwin bombings. Library resources about Bombing of Darwin Resources in your library Resources in other libraries Bombing of Darwin, Northern...

military significance was gradually abandoned in favour of "area bombing", the large-scale bombing of German cities to destroy housing and civilian infrastructure...

The bombing of Prague : was it a mistake? [1] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bombing of Prague in World War II. Radio Prague: The bombing of Prague...

Air Force's (RAF) area bombing offensive against Nazi Germany as a result of the area bombing directive, starting with the bombing of Lübeck in March...

August 14, 1943 (a day after the last Allied bombing raid) by the defending Italian forces. The first bombing raid was on July 19, 1943, when 690 aircraft...

Italian bombers during the bombing of Haifa, September 1940. United Kingdom portal Italian Royal Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) Bombing of Bahrain in World War...

The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during...

The bombing of Osaka (大阪大空襲, Ōsaka daikūshū) during the Pacific War was part of the strategic bombing air raids on Japan campaign waged by the United...

general was a "primary target" designated for area bombing by the February 1942 British Area bombing directive. As part of the campaign in 1943 known as the...

Firebombing is a bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather...

German bombing of houses on Donore Terrace in the South Circular Road area. A number of people were injured, but no one was killed in these bombings. Later...

followed the Area Bombing Directive of 5 February 1942, Directive No.4, issued by the British Air Ministry.[citation needed] This directive ordered RAF...

and is an example of carpet bombing of suburban and residential civilian targets laid out in the Area Bombing Directive of 14 February 1942.: 83  At...

21:28 with red target marker flares. The bombing was then accomplished with a time lag in sectors ("sector bombing"). The bombers had to fly over the red...

aircraft. An AN/APS-13 was used as a radar altimeter during the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the 509th Composite Group, USAAF. Electronics...