In an attempt to break german resistance around the city of caen montgomery ordered 457 halifax and lancaster bombers to carpet bomb the area.
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A flying fortress could drop up to 17 000 pounds of.
Some military strategists characterize carpet bombing as an emotional term that does not describe any actual military strategy.
Israeli planes bomb gaza for seventh straight night.
457 bombers carpet bombed the area.
Even if cruz believes bombing areas in syria heavily populated by civilians is necessary to fight isis he might have a hard time trying to carpet bomb a u s.
The israeli air raids came as egyptian officials arrive to defuse the latest uptick in violence.
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American civil war general william tecumseh sherman of the union army is credited with changing modern warfare by extending the battlefield to the enemy s infrastructure.
And while cruz s proposal to shed political correctness in favor of security may appeal to his supporters they ve been opposed by at least one military.
Has its roots in the scorched earth warfare practiced by the ancient romans and others.
In december 2015 he stated we carpet bombed them for 36 days suturing bombing and in january you want to know what carpet combing is.
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However article 51 of geneva protocol i prohibits bombardment that treats a.
Ally and member of nato.
It s what we did in the first persian gulf war.
The famous b 17 flying fortress and b 24 liberator were designed to carpet bomb factories and cities not take out troops on the front line.
The july 7 air operation against caen dropped three thousand tons of high explosives in front of the british army still on the outskirts of caen.
I ll take isolationist paul over bomb em flat cheney any day of the week.
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Sherman reasoned that the most effective way to win the war.
Carpet bombing devastating bombing attack that seeks to destroy every part of a wide area.
I d much rather be having the conversation about whether or not we should be bringing aids drugs to africa than which african dictatorship we should carpet bomb next.