Determination And Effectiveness Of Wwii Strategic Bombing Strategy
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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.
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