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Coincidentally ACOUP has an essay on this very topic[1] just out. TL;DR: Strategic bombing has been tried many times in the Second World War and after it. It h
by tuatoru 4y ago
Coincidentally ACOUP has an essay on this very topic[1] just out.
TL;DR: Strategic bombing has been tried many times in the Second World War and after it. It has never caused the reaction you describe. It invariably stiffens the morale of the bombed population. It backfires very badly.
If you want to win a war, confine yourself to military targets.
1. https://acoup.blog/2022/10/21/collections-strategic-airpower-101/ https://acoup.blog/2022/10/21/collections-strategic-airpower...
- andrewflnr 4y agoExcept for, you know, the one time nukes were used in anger (yeah I know it was complicated, but still). Strategic bombing is one thing, but it's really hard to depopulate a city that way. Whereas once nukes start flying, the majority of citizens know they stand a healthy chance of dying in the next few hours or days. I don't know if that changes the result, but the dynamics will be different enough that I wouldn't cite strategic bombing as a comparison.