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11bombing — n. area; around the clock; carpet; dive; indiscriminate, random; pin point, precision; saturation; shuttle; strategic; tactical bombing * * * [ bɒmɪŋ] around the clock carpet dive: indiscriminate pin point precision random saturation shuttle …
12area bombing — Bombing of a target which is in effect a general area rather than a small or pinpoint target …
13Area bombardment — Aerial area bombardment is the policy of indiscriminate bombing of an enemy s cities, for the purpose of destroying the enemy s means of producing military materiel, communications, government centres and civilian morale. It differs from the use… …
14Bombing of Berlin in World War II — Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during World War II. [Taylor References Chapter Thunderclap and Yalta Page 216] It was bombed by the RAF Bomber Command between 1940 and 1945, and by the USAAF Eighth Air Force… …
15Area 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 …
16Bombing of Guernica — Operation Rügen Part of Spanish Civil War Ruins of Guernica (1937) …
17area 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: ↑ …
18Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II — The Bombing of Braunschweig (or Brunswick) in World War II on the night of 14/15 of October 1944 by No. 5 Group Royal Air Force (RAF) marked the high point of the destruction of Henry the Lion s city in the Second World War. The air raid, part of …
19Area 51 — This article is about the U.S. Air Force installation in Nevada. For other uses, see Area 51 (disambiguation). Area 51 …
20Bombing of Zadar in World War II — The bombing of Zadar ( it. Zara) during the Second World War by the Allies lasted from November 1943 to October 1944. Although other large cities in Italy were also bombed, the bombing of Zara stands out because of the number of attacks and the… …
