The year is 1942 and the German Luftwaffes blitz against London has slowed, there demand for aircraft on the eastern front and losses over Britain have severely diminished there capabilities to wage an air war over Britain.
You are in charge of bomber command which will now we be used to damage/destroy German infrastructure in France and Germany respectively. However your targets must be selected carefully and have good purpose for the resources given to you. The U.S. 8th Air force has now started to arrive in Britain and is available to use as well. The Americans bomb during the day and the RAF during night. You can choose to target German industrial capacity and supply lines, or go for electrical sub stations and other critical civilian and sometimes military structures including cities.
Now historically bomber command decided that they should bomb German industry to put a hamper on there production capabilities, and bomb Berlin to reduce morale. The RAF under Harris decided to effectively terror bomb German cities, a good example of this is Dresden to completely demoralize the German people by killing/destroying there homes. (I am not going to debate anyone about the bombing of German cities in this thread, we can do that privately or I may even start another thread on it). While the RAF targeted other obvious military targets this is technically a legitimate choice you could of course go on and argue your case.
Its up to you guys and i am intrigued to as what you would do!
Edit: I should point out that towards the D-day invasion they started to target military formations, roads, bridges and coastal areas around France to hamper troop movements.
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Bomb the concentration camps. Seriously, I'd just bomb military targets.
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Plan A: Trick the Germans into thinking I was one of their own by implementing spies (because, you know, expendables, riet? :D), figuring out their radio frequency and putting soldiers who speak German as the pilots. They'd never guess! Okay... Maybe they'd guess. Plan B: Bomb bridges, especially ones that would be hard to fix, any Dams, and fuel lines. Imagine the explosion a fuel line would bring! Just a line of explosions, all the way down the pipe. Awesome. Or maybe just fire? Idk.
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I would align my bombers to target roads, bridges, and bridges. Try to take out mobility and cut supply lines to bleed the German war machine dry
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I would bomb vast swathes of the countryside around Germany, essentially creating a new No-Man's Land. I would then have the infantry build deep and wide trenches surrounding all of Germany. I would then send ground troops over in raids, often signaling with a loud whistle or "[i]CHAAARGGHEEE!!![/i]" so that the Germans know when to start shooting at us. I'd also make sure to have miscommunications with the bombers so that they occasionally do a run on American troops. What do you mean that's a stupid and entirely unfeasible way to win a war?
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I'd paint the swastika on all my planes and then bomb German cities. [i]Morally unassailable[/i].
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chemical warfare is the only thing i know THC and CBD bombs everywhere.
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As for my answer after actually reading the body, I would focus on military targets rather than civillian ones. Although I would also distrupt all forms of transport, that means every major road, rail road, port and airport as well as factories and mines. whilst this could cause civillian casualties, this would affect the economy of Germany, whereas terror bombing did nothing besides kill innocent people for very little benefit. my bombing of roads for example, would co-align with the times of which the were least busy and bombing of mines, when no one was at work to minimize civillian causalities.
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Edited by Mr Underhill: 2/4/2014 8:04:46 PMI wouldn't be comfortable with it if I'm honest. Bomber crews had a very high casualty rate, and there's a large chance that I'd be bombing a civilian target which I don't like the idea of. Do I get to pick which squadron? Edit: Thats what I get for getting over excited and assuming wht the body was rather than reading out of laziness :P (my point still stands If you ever ask a question to which my answer is relevant )
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Bomb it all. And when we run out eject over enemy territory!
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Areas of high importance in Berlin (Reichstag, military barracks, Police HQ, that sorta thing), sub-pens (inc. subpens in controlled countries), and railway lines in all areas, specifically occupied countries (France/Norway/Poland), and finally V-rocket launch sites. By late 1943/early 1944 I'd concentrate bombing to France, with bombing patterns starting from West to East, and then finish with a large amount on (was it Calais or Caen close to Dover? Anywho, military targets and bridges surrounding one of those cities).
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[quote]The RAF under Harris decided to effectively terror bomb German cities[/quote]'Terror bombing' doesn't actually work. Fun fact. Anyways, look up Warden's Five Rings. It's all about prioritizing what to attack. It's a very interesting thing to read about, too! He was a very smart man.
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*closes eyes* *jabs map* BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF THIS PLACE!!
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"Gentlemen, our mission in this unit is to cripple the enemy's supply and transport. Routes, dumps, and vehicle areas."
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Blow it all up. Easy solution.
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Bomb the ocean Death to fish
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Fly to Africa, pick up a hawk, Tiger, and a lion. Breed them and breed them and make flying Ligers. Strap a bomb to each one and drop them over Britain. The ligers will eat as many British as possible and then when all of the British have been eaten I'll send them to to France to eat all the French. After they eat the French I'll let them go to America and then I'll just kill them.
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Bomb out their supplies - that way, their civvies will starve and industrial capacity will be halted.
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It's weird. I learned about something almost the exact same today in my leadership class. [spoiler]Are you stalking me?[/spoiler]
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I send those bombers deep into the Soviet Union because Germany doesn't have the bombers to reach that distance. Then at night I have them bomb Britain and then on D-Day I send them to bomb the ships and troops landing.
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Destroy ALL the bridges!
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Bomb Soviet targets.
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Industry in 1942, electrical grid modern-day.
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Industrial and supplies.
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German citizens were indoctrinated to fully support the Reich. Attacking them would seem a waste of resources, especially since they really have nothing to do with the war. My plan would be to bomb military positions during the day to impede on training, movement, etc while focusing on production factories at night since the civilians would be home from work
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Military/Industrial targets only, Terror bombing and trying to demoralise the population is disgusting and doesn't work. Other than that, Pretty much go as they went back in WW2.
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Do I have to plan stuff? Can't I just fly the B-17 instead?