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Bombing roads crowded with refugees and groups of civilians as well as civilian targets such as hospitals and churches blocks the roads and makes the defence of the enemy army weaker.

The strategy of bombing civilians was later copied by the Allies in World War II in Germany as well as Japan, most notably with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Bombing civilians deliberately is a war crime and has ever been so since terror bombing was invented. Some however think that it is common practice. Before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke of Shock and Awe bombings that would make IraqThe Republic of Iraq is a Middle Eastern country in southwestern Asia encompassing the ancient region of Mesopotamia. It shares borders with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south, Turkey to the north, Syria to the north-west, Jordan to the west and Iran tois resign.

See also:

• September Campaign
• Festung WarschauFestung Warschau ( German Fortress Warsaw is the name applied to the city of Warsaw by the Germans. The term was in use twice during the World War II. 1939 For more information on this period of Warsaw's history see: Siege of Warsaw During the September C
• Bombing of FrampolOn 13 september 1939, the town of Frampol ( Poland), with a population of 3000, and without military or industrial targets, nor any Polish Army defenders, was practically annihiliated by German Luftwaffe bombing practice. Before (left) and after (right) t
• Bombing of WielunBombing of Wielun in World War II refers to the German bomb raid on a Polish city of Wielun at the outbreak of World War II. On September 1, 1939 at 4. 40 in the morning, the town of Wielun was bombed by German Luftwaffe. There were no military targets in
• Bombing of WarsawThe Bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers both to the terror bombing campaign by Luftwaffe during the September Campaign and to the German bombing raids on Warsaw during the Warsaw Uprising. In the course of the war approximately 90% of the city was de
• Bombing of Guernica
• Coventry
• Battle of Berlin
• Bombing of Dresden
• Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
• Bombing of Kassel in World War II
• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Aerial bombing of cities