'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
Two cases in 1944/45 as regards the assault on Germany. The campaign against oil targets from June 1944 onwards and the Transportation plan which was originally aimed at supporting the effort for Overlord, but was continued right to the end of the war (attacks on rail, canal and road infrastructure). The infamous Dresden raid very much fell in the latter. The Germans basically ran out of oil and the poor communications made the bringing together of components for weapons very difficult (as well as moving those weapons and the forces using them from a to b) in any good weather. It was Harris's refusal to put as much effort into the two plans in late 1944 that almost resulted in Portal sacking him (though in the end, Bomber Command dropped more tonnage on oil targets than the USAAF did).
Hit those two targets in the ISIS areas without mercy (kill anything that moves between the towns and cities) and they will be in serious trouble as PN has correctly observed.