Western Allies Bombing Campaign Case Study

The Western Allies undertook the strategic bombing offensive for a few reasons. The primary reason was the potential of knocking the legs out from under the Nazi regime. If the bombing missions could effectively and efficiently destroy factors and plants at a greater rate than they were being built, then, in theory, the arms and supplies being transported to the front would dwindle and leave the German troops undersupplied and more easily defeated. Though, the greatest opposition would come over the adjective of the bombing campaigns: effectively and efficiently. There was no real way to determine how successful these bombing campaigns would be and how often the bombs would actually fall on their targets. There were also some who supported