-I think that the allied air power was pretty significant in helping to defeat Germany in WWII. For instance, the allied air power played a pretty huge role in the Pacific War for several reasons. The US air force and navy worked together to achieve success in bombing several areas... although I suppose that it wasn't directly Germany that they were bombing. It could be said instead that the allied air power was successful in general, but maybe not specifically towards defeating Germany. This is because there is no question as to whether or not the allied air power caused damage to the areas they were bombing- the certainty did, which impacted several things... one being Germany's loss. However, I think that Germany may have lost regardless of the allied air power, although that is a hard claim to make
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Hi Katie,
ReplyDeleteIn the Pacific War, allied air power worked with the US Navy and Marines to help defeat the Japanese at places like Midway, and the Coral Sea and then onto Iwo Jima and Okinawa during the "Island-Hopping" Campaign.
In 1944 and 1945, the US destroyed several Japanese Cities, especially Tokyo in a fire-boming raid, which destroyed half the city.
The US also bombed Germany heavily from 1943-45.
Allied bombing suported the 1944 Normandy Invasion, which helped open a second front in Europe.