Airstrikes

1940 German bombing of Britain during WWII

thumb|A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator after an airstrike on [[Saint-Malo, France in 1944]] An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation against ground or sea surface targets carried out by aircraft, such as military balloons, airships, attack aircraft, bombers, gunships, attack helicopters and attack drones. The official definition of an airstrike includes all sorts of targets, including low-altitude air targets, but in popular usage the term is usually narrowed to a tactical (small-scale) strafing, missile strike or tactical bombing on a specific army, militi

form of warfare that involves the deployment of military robots and unmanned systems

1944 Second World War Anglo-Canadian offensive

1943 two aerial bombings during the later stages of World War II

Japan Vs Papua New Guinea war, 1942