Area bombardment
bombing of Tokyo in World War II
cut the city's industrial productivity in half.
"Usual" British area bombing load of a 4000 pound blast bomb and 12 SBCs containing 2,832 4 lb incendiary bombs, seen in an Avro Lancaster, World War II
In
aerial bombardment in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target.[1] The term "area bombing" came into prominence during World War II.[2]
Area bombing is a form of
terror bombing).[2]
"Carpet bombing",[3] also known as "saturation bombing", and "obliteration bombing", refers to a type of area bombing that aims to effect complete destruction of the target area by exploding bombs in every part of it.
Area bombing is contrasted with precision bombing. The latter is directed at a selected target – not necessarily a small, and not necessarily a tactical target, as it could be an airfield or a factory – and it does not intend to inflict a widespread damage.
See also
- Aerial bombardment and international law
- Aerial bombing of cities
- Carpet bombing
- Civilian casualties of strategic bombing
- Firestorm
- High-level bombing
- Precision-guided munition
- Tactical bombing
References
- ^ "area bombing". Dictionary.com. DICTIONARY.COM UNABRIDGED BASED ON THE RANDOM HOUSE UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, © RANDOM HOUSE, INC. 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84545-687-0.
- ^ An early example of this use of "carpet bombing" is from 1942: Seemann, Berthold, ed. (1942). "The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 80. R. Hardwicke: 80.
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