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    Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy
    Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy
    Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy
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    Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy

    By Colonel T. Tracey Goetz

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    With the collapse of France in 1940, American (US) and British (UK) leadership became keenly aware that the continued security of their nations required the defeat of the Axis powers, particularly Germany. The Allies chose a strategy utilizing a combination of various military actions, most notably a combined bomber offensive (CBO). The CBO would be carried out through a combination of US daylight precision and UK night area bombing.
    The purpose of this paper is to show why the Allies chose this strategy and evaluate its success. To accomplish this task, the paper will first describe the events that brought about the conflict and the strategy. Crowl’s Questions are used as a framework to analyze the factors that influence strategy development and adoption and will illustrate why Allied leaders chose this path. This is followed by a detailed description of the campaign. The principles of war (mass, objective, offensive, maneuver, surprise, security, simplicity, unity of command, and economy of force) are accepted as proven methods for employing forces in combat and are used to evaluate the CBO’s effectiveness The paper closes with a summary of the findings and doctrinal implications.
    The paper will show the Allies adopted US daylight precision and UK night area bombing based on leadership’s belief that it could most effectively reduce Germany’s means of war and hasten its earliest possible defeat. The Allies successfully achieved this objective primarily through adherence to the principles of mass, objective, offensive, and maneuver.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782897972
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      Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy - Colonel T. Tracey Goetz

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      DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY

      By

      Colonel T. Tracey Goetz

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 34

      ABSTRACT 35

      DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY 36

      BACKGROUND 37

      EVENTS LEADING TO CONFLICT 37

      EVENTS LEADING TO STRATEGY ADOPTION 37

      STRATEGY ANALYSIS 41

      CROWL’S QUESTIONS 41

      What is it about? 41

      Is the national military strategy tailored to meet the national political objective? 42

      What is the limit of military power? 42

      What are the alternatives? 43

      How strong is the home front? 44

      Does strategy overlook points of difference and exaggerate points of likeness between past and present? 44

      AIR CAMPAIGN EXECUTION 46

      DESCRIPTION 46

      EXECUTION HIGHLIGHTS 47

      1942 47

      1943 47

      1944 48

      1945 50

      OVERALL RESULTS 50

      AIR CAMPAIGN EVALUATION 51

      PRINCIPLES OF WAR 51

      Mass 51

      Objective 52

      Offensive 52

      Maneuver 53

      Surprise 53

      Security 53

      Simplicity 54

      Unity of Command 54

      Economy of Force 55

      SUMMARY AND DOCTRINAL IMPLICATIONS 56

      SUMMARY 56

      DOCTRINAL IMPLICATIONS 57

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 58

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 59

      ABSTRACT

      The Allies chose a strategy utilizing a combination of various military actions, most notably a combined bomber offensive (CBO) to defeat Germany. The CBO was carried out through a combination of US daylight precision and UK night area bombing. The paper will show why the Allies chose this strategy and evaluate its success.

      DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY

      With the collapse of France in 1940, American (US) and British (UK) leadership became keenly aware that the continued security of their nations required the defeat of the Axis powers, particularly Germany.{1} The Allies chose a strategy utilizing a combination of various military actions, most notably a combined bomber offensive (CBO). The CBO would be carried out through a combination of US daylight precision and UK night area bombing.{2} {3}

      The purpose of this paper is to show why the Allies chose this strategy and evaluate its success. To accomplish this task, the paper will first describe the events that brought about the conflict and the strategy. Crowl’s Questions are used as a framework to analyze the factors that influence strategy development and adoption and will illustrate why Allied leaders chose this path. This is followed by a

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