War In The Air By H. G Wells: German Bombing Analysis

The technological developments that assisted bombing, the impact of bombing on the German economy, the impact of bombing on the German civilian morale and also the effects on the German war effort all help explain why the Allied strategic bombing of Germany during the Second World War was significant to quite a far extent. Each of the following paragraphs will analyse the impacts of the Allied strategic bombing on different aspects of Germany and also what factors assisted the Allied bombing campaign in creating a significant impact on Germany during the Second World War.

Many people were baked alive in this raid. About 873 bombers were bombing the German city. Dresden did not have any military or industrial targets that opposing countries would have wanted to destroy; it became known as a terror bombing by the British because it was not a target. The raid caused many unwanted deaths and destroyed a small city. The casualties that occurred in these events would not have happened if it were not for the new and improved aircraft.

After the loss of Japan, the effects of the bombs had an impact that nobody could have guessed

The following five to six years there was a noticeable increase in Leukemia patients. Women that were pregnant at the time of the bombing experienced higher rates of miscarriages and infant death. Fetuses exposed to the high levels of radiation through the following years were more at risk for intellectual disabilities, impaired growth and increased risk of cancer.

Japan and the USA were both very impacted and had many consequences after the bombing, for example. Since Japanese Americans were put into internment camps, it changed their whole lifestyle and their living area due to the fact they lived in a horse stall on the Tanforan Racetrack, in both the story Home was a Horse stall and Journey to Topaz. Even if

One potentially significant area of impact caused by strategic bombing was its effect on German moral. This is because it was expected to terrify and shock the German

On the night of September 7, 1940 Germany attacked Great Britain. “About every two minutes a new wave of planes would be over” (Pyle). They targeted the “gigantic dome of St. Paul's Cathedral”, along with many other populated places. “Flames seemed to whip hundreds of feet into the air” (Pyle). The smoke was so bad they you could barely see the St. Paul's Cathedral (“The Bombing of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, September 7,1940”)“On September 4, the Luftwaffe switched tactics again and, on Hitler's orders, set about destroying London and other major cities” (“BBC History-The Battle Of

First, the bombs had a huge effect on the Japanese people, the countries that surrounded Japan such as Korea, and World War Two as a whole. The two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Little Boy and Fat Man, killed at least 129,000 people in total. It ended up causing other issues, such as child birth defects and a boost in illness. In the year following the bombs dropped, 1946, there were an astounding 1900 deaths from cancer. This is said to come from the bombs radiation fallout. One good result that came from all the tragedy of the war, is that Japan ended up surrendering to the Allies. This was around the same time that Germany surrendered, so the allies took the win.

Attacks could have progressively gotten worse as the wartime progressed. Document one showed us that the bomb was very powerful, yet there was a more powerful artillery in the making. ”In their present form these bombs are now in production and even more powerful forms are in development.” “It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction...” “ If they do not accept our terms they may expect a ruin from the air...”

The element of air gives humans life. Air represents new life and new possibilities. Life is what allows humans to think, feel, see and have emotions. In The Wars by Timothy Findley the element of air pushes humans to reach their full potential. Robert Ross illustrates this with his desire to live, desire to leave a mark and his desire to overcome hardships. Soldiers did not want to just live; but to live for something and leave a legacy in history.

"World War 2 was a war fought in two distinct phases. The first was the last war of a new generation. The second was emphatically the first of a new era" . <br><br>"The British strategic bomber campaign was of doubtful cost effectiveness" . Bomber Command was by far the largest claimant on labour and factory space within the armed forces. Relative to their size they suffered more casualties than any other sector. <br><br>The Anglo-American bomber force was divided in terms of strategy. Bomber Command believed it was too risky to bomb by day, while the Americans believed it was too difficult to bomb by night. Initially both forces lacked accurate navigational equipment, which deterred them from precision bombing. <br><br>Germany developed a

During the Great War bombing was a new idea that was just spawned. The idea of throwing bombes out of planes was the beginning of a new way of warfare. As time advanced bombs were mounted on the bottom of bigger planes with small turret gunners to protect the bomber from enemy planes. During the thirties there was new ideas about ways of using bombers and how it would affect warfare. In Overy it says that many people like H.G. Wells in his book War in the Air shows how terrifying and chaotic bombers can be in war to civilians. Others like the Bomber Command loved the idea of bombing and thought it would be a way to win the war by devastating

Strategic bombing was used to a high intensity during World War Two as a means of demoralising enemy morale and targeting enemy infrastructures and strongholds such as bridges, factories and points of making war materials to essentially destabilise the enemies next point of attack. Post World War II aviation technology experienced a mini boom and allies and axis powers began to understand the easiest, quickest way of winning the war was to devastate important cities to force the enemy into surrender. The strategic bombing campaign which took place mainly during the second World War introduces the arguments as to how it impacted the major misallocation of valuable resources for little gain. The themes of answering this will be explored throughout this essay. It can be argued that the strategic bombing campaign was a major misallocation of valuable resources in the war effort because attempts at precision bombing at specific targets proved to be largely inaccurate.

In the beginning of World War II, air forces only attacked military targets. This changed once “the German Luftwaffe began conducting air raids on British cities, including London, during the summer of 1940,” (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). Strategic bombing soon became a main part of military combat. It was seen to be in the best interest of the country’s side in the war. To the British, bombing German cities was a type of revenge. They showed the same amount of mercy for the German civilians as the Germans did for them, which was little to none. What the Allies did in Japan reflects what they did in Europe. Like the British, the U.S. bombed Japan as a response to the Pearl Harbor attack. “As was the case in the air war against Germany, military planners experimented with different bombing tactics in order to maximize the damage inflicted on Japan and force a surrender,” (The Choices Program). The United States was working to decrease the power Japan had in the Pacific

Although many lives were lost due to the bombing, it was for the better. The war would have been prolonged to several more years, and there would be loads of debts to pay. The repairs of cities would have been extended, and additional people wouldn’t have jobs. The power of industries wouldn’t be like they are now, with all the customers they have now. Our development in nuclear weapons wouldn’t be like it is now, and the weapons we have now might not have been as