Allied Bombing

Allied Bombing may refer to the following:

  • Triple Entente bombing, allied World War I bomber attacks against Germany
  • Combined Bomber Offensive, several Anglo-American campaigns during World War II
    • Operation Gomorrah, a WWII mission in which the US and Great Britain bombed the same target during the day and at night
    • Round the Clock Bombing, a WWII episode of the Clash of Wings TV series regarding the CBO
  • Battle of Britain, with WWII bombings by the German and Italian allies
  • Invasion of Poland, with bombings by both Germany and when they joined the campaign, Russia
  • Desert Storm, which included a coalition which bombed Iraq during the Gulf War
  • Operation Unified Protector, with NATO bombing of Libya during the Arab Spring

Famous quotes containing the words allied and/or bombing:

    “A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate”
    —Christopher Hampton (b. 1946)

    “There is a “sanctity” involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)