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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

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