carpetbombing

Carpet bombing is a technique developed by the RAF in which planes scattered large numbers of bombs over a wide area. This technique caused suffering for major German cities. The Americans and British used B-17 Flying Fortresses to bomb major German industries.



Information provided by: America: Pathways to the Present (pg. 605) Picture provided by: http://www.yaox.com/4dfilms/cf/CF-017.jpg