Yes and no. The impact on German morale was the justification for it at the time. When Britain was bombed it failed to cause a massive upsurge in people wanting to surrender and it has been argued that when the same tactic was used against Germany it actually helped strengthen Hitler's rule.
There is also the massive quantities of men and material the mass bombing soaked up which could have been employed on long range aircraft to protect the Atlantic convoys, greater numbers of tactical bombers or close air support units or better general equipment for the Army - any of these could have been more effective uses of the resources, although this is pure conjecture.
The flip side of the answer is that in trying to stop the bombers Germany diverted a sizable number of resources such as anti aircraft artillery and interceptors into trying to prevent it. This left the German forces on the Eastern Front with fewer assets than might otherwise have been the case and therefore took some pressure off of the Russians.
Put simply the answer is yes but probably not particularly effectively in proportion to the resources used to achieve it and not by the method that was envisaged at the time. That's without mentioning the moral implications, which resound to this day.
The enemy that Allied leaders sought to defeat first during World War II was Nazi Germany. This decision was influenced by Germany's aggressive expansion in Europe and its role in instigating the conflict. The Allies believed that defeating Germany would significantly weaken the Axis powers and help secure victory in the war. After Germany's defeat, the focus then shifted to Japan in the Pacific theater.
Hitler held on to the Treaty of Versailles and used it to convince the rest of Germany that the Allied Powers were to blame. He basically said that Germany should take revenge on Britain for the damages Britain did to them.
The Germans were developing heavy bombers at the very end of the war, but they were not yet in production. Heavy bombers were never a priority to the Luftwaffe. At the start of the war, the German government and Luftwaffe priorities were focused on aircraft that could support the German Army, instead of engage in strategic warfare (strategic bombing). The German Luftwaffe's primary mission was to help the Army win land battles & campaigns. Later the priorities shifted to air defense of the skies over Germany.
A member of a Serbian terrorist group assassinated the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sofia. Germany, who was allied with Austria at the time, wanted to defend its one dependable ally. Russia was a Slavic country, and wanted to help defend Serbia since it was a Slavic country as well. France didn't want to battle Germany alone without allied help. Belgium, which was a neutral country, was invaded by Germany in order to be able to flank France from the North. Britain was enraged by the invasion of Belgium.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 significantly aided the German war effort by leading to Russia's withdrawal from World War I through the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918. This allowed Germany to reallocate troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front, bolstering their military strength. Additionally, the chaos in Russia weakened the Allied powers' cohesion and resources, providing Germany with a strategic advantage during the final stages of the war.
The primary goals of Allied bombing runs over Germany were to destroy key industrial and military targets, disrupt supply lines, and weaken German morale. Saturation bombing aimed to inflict widespread damage on urban areas and infrastructure, while strategic bombing focused on specific military and economic assets to cripple Germany's war capabilities. Together, these approaches sought to hasten the end of the war by diminishing the enemy's ability to sustain its military efforts and to break the will of the German population. Ultimately, the combined bombing campaigns were intended to create conditions favorable for an Allied ground invasion.
Well, in World War II, Japan was allied with the Germans, as Germany wanted to take over the world in that time to have full absolute power over everybody, but they needed help to do so. Germany then allied with Japan...
He was allied with Germany and was a very powerful force during that time.
Germany was defeated with the help of the air attacks. Much of urban Germany was destroyed by the bombing. Germany's industry & transportation were crippled by the RAF & USAAF air attacks. RAF Bomber Command's night bombing destroyed large sections of whole cities causing major disruptions of the German labor force & housing, including the deaths of tens of thousands of German civilians. Germany was forced to develop night fighter defenses & increase Anit-Aircraft artillery defenses for its cities. The US Army Air Forces conducted primarily daylight bombing of factories, rail yards, bridges, oil refineries, oil fields, airfields, U-Boat pens, ship-yards, ammunition storage areas, etc. to destroy the ability of Germany to produce war materials. Germany was forced to divert a huge amount of resources to defend against these air attacks, including the manpower, ammunition, fuel & manufacturing to support the fighters & AA artillery. The German air force defense of Germany & of its ground forces in France were defeated by mid-1944. This greatly aided the Allied war effort on the ground & at sea.
As Germany invaded France, they were also wrapping up invasions of Denmark and Norway, as well as the Low Countries. After a bit of a lull (partly because Germany was bombing the crap out of England), Germany sent troops to help fight in North Africa, mainly in Libya and Egypt. Shortly thereafter, Germany invaded Yugoslavia (Yugoslavia had been allied with Germany, but suffered a coup d'etat and the new government was anti-Germany). Around that same time, Germany helped Italy's invasion of Greece. Germany's string of victories would end soon thereafter when they invaded the USSR.
Finland was on Finland's side. The Soviets invaded Finland in 1939. Finland allied with Germany for a while to fight the Soviets. The United Kingdom wanted to send help but could not get help through Nazi Norway and neutral Sweden. Finland did not persecute Jews and they refused to bomb Lenningrad.
The enemy that Allied leaders sought to defeat first during World War II was Nazi Germany. This decision was influenced by Germany's aggressive expansion in Europe and its role in instigating the conflict. The Allies believed that defeating Germany would significantly weaken the Axis powers and help secure victory in the war. After Germany's defeat, the focus then shifted to Japan in the Pacific theater.
Hitler held on to the Treaty of Versailles and used it to convince the rest of Germany that the Allied Powers were to blame. He basically said that Germany should take revenge on Britain for the damages Britain did to them.
Before the U.S. had even gotten involved militarily, they had already started helping the Allied forces economically by refusing trade with Japan and Germany, and sending supplies to the British and French forces. The cutting of oil trade between Japan and the U.S. is what pushed the Japanese to execute the bombing of Pearl Harbor, as a punishment.
The Germans were developing heavy bombers at the very end of the war, but they were not yet in production. Heavy bombers were never a priority to the Luftwaffe. At the start of the war, the German government and Luftwaffe priorities were focused on aircraft that could support the German Army, instead of engage in strategic warfare (strategic bombing). The German Luftwaffe's primary mission was to help the Army win land battles & campaigns. Later the priorities shifted to air defense of the skies over Germany.
A member of a Serbian terrorist group assassinated the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sofia. Germany, who was allied with Austria at the time, wanted to defend its one dependable ally. Russia was a Slavic country, and wanted to help defend Serbia since it was a Slavic country as well. France didn't want to battle Germany alone without allied help. Belgium, which was a neutral country, was invaded by Germany in order to be able to flank France from the North. Britain was enraged by the invasion of Belgium.
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