Wars EssayBomber Command
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Even before there were aircraft, people have believed in a dominating power from the sky could win a battle. An African soldier by the name of Jan Smuts had written a report on the importance of "air power", during the year the battle of Passchendaele was fought. The battle of Passchendaele resulted in thousands of deaths and Smuts believed that the usage of air forces would win wars without high casualties. At the beginning of WW2 the leaders of the RAF also believed that wars could be won by aerial bombing so in 1940, the first trainees began their course under a plan named "Empire Air Training Scheme" to prepare for bombing targets in Europe in order help the "Allies" win in WW2.
The aim of Bomber Command was to help the "Allies" win the war. The power of bombers was widely believed in. The British prime minister at the time, Stanley Baldwin had said, "The bomber will always get through". Bomber Command was an enormous organization numbering about 250000 men and women, 2000 aircraft and 70 squadrons. Bomber Command was to use strategic bombing, meaning it would bomb industrial areas and major cities lowering the morale of the enemy and their ability to fight would be destroyed. Bomber engines would start off at sundown and gather into a lose formation of planes from bases all over eastern England...