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