aerial bombardment
Attack from above
Aerial bombardment is the dropping of bombs from aircraft onto targets below.
The term typically describes military attacks on cities, infrastructure, or enemy positions: The aerial bombardment of Dresden killed tens of thousands of civilians.
Distinguished from ground artillery or naval shelling by the use of planes or other airborne platforms.
- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- shock and aweSwift dominance through firepower
- carpet bombingWidespread aerial bombardment
- firestormSelf-perpetuating intense blaze
- scorched earthDestroy all useful resources
strategic bombing · total war · civilian casualties · bomber aircraft · Dresden · Battle of Britain · air raid siren · guided missile · psychological trauma · precision bombing · interdiction · sortie · London Blitz · air raids · night raids · payload · Hiroshima · ground zero
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- airstrikesairstrike, air strike, air raid, bombing run, bombing raid
- WWI Aviationair combat, dogfights, fighter pilots, ace pilots, aces
- civil defenseair raid shelters, civil defense, fallout shelters, air raid sirens, bomb shelters
aerial bombardmentground assault
Attack by foot soldiers
ground attack · land invasion · ground offensive · trench warfare · hand-to-hand combat
aerial bombardmentair defense
Protection from aerial attack
anti-aircraft defense · civil defense · bomb shelter · air raid shelter · missile defense
aerial bombardmentpeace talks
Formal conflict-resolution discussions
diplomatic negotiation · ceasefire · armistice · peace treaty · peace negotiations