Area bombardment
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In military aviation, area bombardment or area bombing is a type of aerial bombardment in which bombs are dropped over the general area of a target. The term "area bombing" came into prominence during
This Tokyo residential section was virtually destroyed after a massive firebombing raid by the U.S. Army Air Forces B-29s on March 9–10, 1945, the single most destructive raid in military aviation history. The bombing of Tokyo in World War II cut the city's industrial productivity in half.
"Usual" British area bombing load of a 4000-pound blast bomb and 12 SBCs containing 2,832 4-lb incendiary bombs, seen in an Avro Lancaster, World War II
Firebombing
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Firebombing is an aerial bombing technique designed to damage a target, generally an urban area, through the use of fire, caused by incendiary devices, rather than from the blast effect of large bombs
An American aircraft drops napalm on Viet Cong positions in 1965.
A German World War II incendiary bomb remnant
Firebombing in Braunschweig, Germany, 15 October 1944
Charred remains of Japanese civilians after the bombing of Tokyo