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Bombing the European Axis Powers
A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive
1939–1945
Air University Press Team
Chief Editor
Carole Arbush
Copy Editor
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Bombing the European
Axis Powers
A Historical Digest of the
Combined Bomber Offensive
1939–1945
R
ICHARD
G. D
AVIS
Air University Press
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
April 2006
Air University Library Cataloging Data
Davis, Richard G.
Bombing the European Axis powers : a historical digest of the combined bomber
offensive, 1939-1945 / Richard G. Davis.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-58566-148-1
1. World War, 1939-1945––Aerial operations. 2. World War, 1939-1945––Aerial
operations––Statistics. 3. United States. Army Air Forces––History––World War, 1939-
1945. 4. Great Britain. Royal Air Force––History––World War, 1939-1945. 5. Bombing,
Aerial––Europe––History. I. Title.
940.544––dc22
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Contents
Page
DISCLAIMER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part I
Overview
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Royal Air Force Prewar Experience,
1919–1939 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bomber Command: Adoption of Night
Operations and Area Bombing, 1939–1941
The Night Bombing Problem . . . . . . . . . .
The American Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part II
1942
JANUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FEBRUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A Note on Electronic and Radar Bombing
Notes
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