dive bombers
Steep-attack warplanes
Dive bombers are military aircraft designed to attack ground targets by diving steeply toward them before releasing bombs, allowing greater accuracy than level bombing.
The technique was prominent in World War II, with aircraft like the German Stuka becoming symbols of blitzkrieg warfare: Dive bombers screamed down on the convoy.
- swoopRapid downward plunge
- dauntlessUnable to intimidate
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- flight deckPilot's control area
- nose downAngled downward at front
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- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- DunkirkDunkirk spirit, evacuation routes, rescue boats, Dunkerque, channel crossing
- Pacific WarPearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Midway, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
- naval forcesnavy, fleet, warships, Royal Navy, US Navy
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations