Title-Strategic Bombing in WWII. The essay is about the effects of new technologies used in WWII, namely the evolution and development of air tactics.

John Bugbee C-063, War and Society J. Lockenour 12/11/01 Strategic Bombing In WWII "The new relation of air power to strategy presents one of the distinguishing contrasts between this war and the last. Air power in the last war was in its infancy. The new role of three-dimensional warfare was even then foreseen by a few farsighted men, but planes were insufficient in quality and quantity to permit much more than occasional brilliant assistance to the …

…nuclear bomb instantly became the most powerful weapon in the history of the world. While strategic bombing doesn't get the attention that the H-Bomb receives, it may have been a more important element of the war and actually may have lead to the deployment of the bomb. While the use of the H-Bomb changed the way we approach wars, strategic bombing is still the heart of the American military and several Armies around the world.