The idea for the Combined Bomber Offensive came about in late 1942 with the desire by the United States military to cripple German industry and morale by attacking relatively few targets. Thus, the Committee of Operations Analysts was created to decide which targets in German would be given the most priority. On March 8, 1943, the COA then submitted a report that stated that the destruction of sixty specific targets scattered throughout the Axis territory would "gravely impair and might paralyze the Western Axis war effort." Among the targets, notably was the production of ball-bearings for German industry and wartime machinery and the undervaluing of the German synthetic rubber production. Germany had made efforts for some time to cut down the use of ball bearings in civilian life and in
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| - The idea for the Combined Bomber Offensive came about in late 1942 with the desire by the United States military to cripple German industry and morale by attacking relatively few targets. Thus, the Committee of Operations Analysts was created to decide which targets in German would be given the most priority. On March 8, 1943, the COA then submitted a report that stated that the destruction of sixty specific targets scattered throughout the Axis territory would "gravely impair and might paralyze the Western Axis war effort." Among the targets, notably was the production of ball-bearings for German industry and wartime machinery and the undervaluing of the German synthetic rubber production. Germany had made efforts for some time to cut down the use of ball bearings in civilian life and in
- The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) was an Anglo-American offensive of strategic bombing during World War II in Europe. The primary portion of the CBO was against Luftwaffe targets which was the highest priority from June 1943 to 1944. The subsequent highest priority campaigns were against V-weapon installations (June 1944) and petroleum, oil, and lubrication (POL) plants (September 1944). Additional CBO targets included railyards and other transportation targets, particularly prior to the invasion of Normandy and, along with army equipment, at the in the final stages of the War in Europe.
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| - COA report "vital industries" and the CBO target types
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| - USAF historian Herman S. Wolk, June 1974
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| - # single-engine fighter aircraft
# ball bearings
# petroleum products
# grinding wheels and crude abrasives
# nonferrous metals
# synthetic rubber and rubber tires
# submarine construction plants and bases
# military transport vehicles
# transportation
# coking plants
# iron and steel works
# machine tools
# electric power
# electrical equipment
# optical precision instruments (3)
# chemicals
# food
# nitrogen
# anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery
- General Carl Spaatz had been insistent—and correct. The enemy would fight for oil, and the enemy would lose his fighters, his crews, and his fuel.
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| - The idea for the Combined Bomber Offensive came about in late 1942 with the desire by the United States military to cripple German industry and morale by attacking relatively few targets. Thus, the Committee of Operations Analysts was created to decide which targets in German would be given the most priority. On March 8, 1943, the COA then submitted a report that stated that the destruction of sixty specific targets scattered throughout the Axis territory would "gravely impair and might paralyze the Western Axis war effort." Among the targets, notably was the production of ball-bearings for German industry and wartime machinery and the undervaluing of the German synthetic rubber production. Germany had made efforts for some time to cut down the use of ball bearings in civilian life and in military equipment, though to little result. To protect these assets however, the cities whose main industry was the production of ball bearings received a substantial increase in anti-aircraft protection. The full operational outline for the Combined Bomber Offensive was completed on April 12, 1943 and listed the destruction of "German Fighter Strength" as its number one priority. In order to complete its tasks, the outline required at least 2,700 heavy and some 800 medium bombers by March, 1944.
- The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) was an Anglo-American offensive of strategic bombing during World War II in Europe. The primary portion of the CBO was against Luftwaffe targets which was the highest priority from June 1943 to 1944. The subsequent highest priority campaigns were against V-weapon installations (June 1944) and petroleum, oil, and lubrication (POL) plants (September 1944). Additional CBO targets included railyards and other transportation targets, particularly prior to the invasion of Normandy and, along with army equipment, at the in the final stages of the War in Europe. The British bombing campaign was chiefly waged by night by large numbers of heavy bombers until the latter stages of the war when German fighter defences were so reduced that daylight bombing was possible without risking large losses. The US effort was by day - massed formations of bombers with escorting fighters. Together they made up a round-the-clock bombing effort except where weather conditions prevented operations. The Pointblank directive initiated Operation Pointblank that was the code name for the primary portion of the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive intended to cripple or destroy the German aircraft fighter strength, thus drawing it away from frontline operations and ensuring it would not be an obstacle to the invasion of Northwest Europe. The Pointblank directive of 14 June 1943 ordered RAF Bomber Command and the U.S. Eighth Air Force to bomb specific targets such as aircraft factories, and the order was confirmed at the Quebec Conference, 1943. Up to that point the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces had mostly been attacking German industry in their own way - the British by broad night attacks on industrial areas and the US in "precision attacks" on specific targets. The operational execution of the Directive was left to the commanders of the forces and as such even after the directive the British continued in night attacks and the majority of the attacks on German fighter production.
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