Talk:Aerial bombing

An air raid does not have to be "strategic bombing"
An air raid does not have to be "strategic bombing". Where does that idea come from? An air raid can be carried out to damage or eliminate an enemy outpost or a isolated fort or radar station. An air raid can be carried out simply for its nuisance value against an enemy target of any kind. Consider "Washing Machine Charlie", who carried out a long series of nuisance air raids against American Marines, soldiers, and airmen on Guadalcanal. During the first half of 1942, Japanese Navy flying boats carried out nuisance air raids against the Americans on Oahu, Hawaii, via the French Frigate Shoals. Nothing was accomplished by those nuisance raids except for blowing up grassy fields and annoying the Americans. Nevertheless, air raids they were. Admiral Chester Nimitz put an end to those air raids by first, dispatching a destroyer or two to the French Frigate Shoals, and then by having naval mines planted there. This happened before the Battle of Midway. (June 4 - 6, 1942) 98.67.108.12 (talk) 18:29, 27 August 2012 (UTC)