Originally Posted by
Hangarshuffle
* RAF historians lurking here, out of interest to me alone can anyone point to me when an air attack, an air raid has made a profound input/difference to a war or battle. Real strategic impact. As PM Dave C. seems to be weighing up here?
Am I right in thinking two - the "Dam Buster" raids as one, and the operation on the night of the 17th/18th August 1943 against the research/testing centres for the V weapons program? What else? Amiens Prison?
Will this coming RAF v.ISIS attack be comparable?
If I don't reply in thanks, don't worry, I can still read yours - my replies are regularly blatted out by "company internet rules" dark forces.
There are also Naval historians here; the Battle of the Coral Sea where neither side's ships sighted nor fired directly on each other, with all sinkings of capital ships carried out by air strikes. A turning point in the Pacific theatre.