area bombing

  • 1area bombing — noun an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target • Syn: ↑carpet bombing, ↑saturation bombing • Derivationally related forms: ↑carpet bomb (for: ↑carpet bombing) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 2area bombing — rajono bombardavimas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Bombardavimas taikinio, kurį sudaro tam tikro rajono plotas, o ne mažas ar tiksliai nustatytas taikinys. atitikmenys: angl. area bombing pranc. bombardement de zone …

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  • 3area bombing — Bombing of a target which is in effect a general area rather than a small or pinpoint target …

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  • 4Area bombing directive — Main articles: Strategic bombing during World War II, Aerial bombing of cities, and RAF Bomber Command#Strategic bombing 1942 45 An elderly woman in front of the bodies of school children in Braunschweig, G …

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  • 5Area Bombing Directive — Die Area Bombing Directive (General Directive No.5 (S.46368/D.C.A.S) („Anweisung zum Flächenbombardement“) wurde während des Zweiten Weltkrieges, am 14. Februar 1942, vom britischen Luftfahrtministerium herausgegeben. Die Stadt Wesel wurde 1945… …

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  • 6Area bombing directive — Die Area Bombing Directive (General Directive No.5 (S.46368/D.C.A.S)) („Anweisung zum Flächenbombardement“) wurde während des Zweiten Weltkrieges, am 14. Februar 1942, vom britischen Luftfahrtministerium herausgegeben. Die Klein …

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  • 7area bombing — aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target. Cf. pattern bombing, precision bombing. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 8area bombing — n. carpet bombing, extensive bombing over a specific area in order to completely destroy it, process of dropping many bombs over a specific area (in order to completely destroy it) …

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  • 9area bombing — Dropping bombs over all parts of a target area with the intention of hitting many small targets within the area or of making the area untenable for the enemy …

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  • 10Bombing of Tokyo — Part of Pacific War Tokyo burns under B 29 firebomb assault, May 26, 1945 …

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