Bombardments aerial

Stettbacher (Ref 7, p 129) gives the following figures on some of the heavy aerial bombardments of Germany and Japan during WWII... 

Fear of aerial bombardment in 1941 resulted in No. 14 District being equipped as a temporary barrack sleeping 300 soldiers who hitherto had lived in miserable tented accommodation on the surface. At the same time one of the original mine adits in the copse behind Brown s Folly was heavily timbered throughout its length and fitted out as a permanent air-raid shelter for the civilian surface workers. 

Defensive measures were required to protect against three possible threats aerial bombardment, fear of which was the depot s fundamental raison d etre, invasion by land or air, which was expected daily through the spring and summer of 1940 and sabotage by spies or fifth-columnists. 

Paradoxically, the War Office, having shown no confidence in the efficacy of aerial bombardment and little enthusiasm for a British Air Force, was much shaken by the fear of such a force controlled by its European enemies. During the latter half of 1913 the War Office initiated an inquiry to determine the most effective way to protect existing ammunition storage sheds against attack from the air. The investigating officers... 

The military actions of the USA and Great Britain in December 16-18 of 1998 on Iraq also had positive consequences on Russia. As a result of the aerial bombardment, the Iraq factory for petroleum processing as well as ports for petroleum export were destroyed. It is necessary to note that, although Iraq produces only about 3% of the world s petroleum due to sanctions, this petroleum influenced world petroleum prices. Iraqi petroleum is of very high quality but attracts a very low price. As a result, prices increased sharply on the stock exchanges in London and New York following the incident. Experts forecasted that the price would reach 30 dollars per barrel. All this could have a positive effect for the economy of Russia. 

The operation of a high-pressure acetylene plant that employed a percussive compound as a catalyst in the midst of aerial bombardment was a feat of technical skill, not to mention sang-froid. A leading British acetylene chemist, Alan W. Johnson, recalled the amazement of Allied chemists when they first heard about this plant ... 

The First World War lasted from 1914-1918 and was marked by brutal attrition trench warfare, and culminated in the later years in tank warfare and aerial bombardment. Much has been written on the conflict, but for an introductory perspective, see further Robson 2007 Tooley 2003 Bourne 2005. 

Lewis M (2003) The law of aerial bombardment in the 1991 Gulf War. Am J Int Law 97 481-509 Levitt M (2013) Hezbollah the global footprint of Lebanon s Party of God. Georgetown University Press, Washington DC... 

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