as Italy who first used an airplane in war on October 23, 1911. This airplane just like the ones used in WW II primarily were used just for reconnaissance. At this time few small explosive bombs were actually dropped manually from these planes. At the beginning of WW II Germany possessed air superiority over Europe. Their infamous air force was called the Luftwaffa. Politically Germany had a different view of how to use their air force compared to the United States and Great Britain. "Germany ... had built air forces designed expressly to support army operations."(Grolier) For this purpose the Germans used the four engine Heinkel 177 for bombing raids. On the other hand, "... the Unites States, Great Britain...had concentrated particularly on developing the long range strategic bombers."(Grolier) "The most advanced bombers of the war, the American B-29 and the British "Mosquito..."(Weinberg) Great Britain and the United States did argue over how to use their bombers. Great Britain wanted to bomb at night which would be safer for the bombers but where a lot less accurate than the United States idea of bombing. The U.S. would bomb during the day; this was a lot more accurate than bombing at night. The cost of this accuracy was heavy losses in aircraft and in life. Each country put their own theory in effect. At the end of the war German Generals and officers were ask
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