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Florida Man transported to 珠江口 (SZ, HK, GZ) for last 20 years. Lately writing about technology and intelligence as infrastructure. on sabbatical living in 大陆
Aug 6, 2020 14 tweets 6 min read
Just finished reading a Master’s of Military Art and Science thesis on the evolution of US strategic bombing through WW2.

Quick thread:
pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e0c5/87675bbdc…
The USAAF developed their doctrine of daylight “precision bombing” in the inter-war era. They were very clear that civilians should never be a target. They took this doctrine into the field with them in the first years in Europe.