Do you think that the war in the air was important to the final outcome of the war?

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Edward Henderson 10L                18/11/01

Do you think that the war in the air was important to the final outcome of the war?

I think that the war in the air was in some ways important to the outcome of the war and in some ways not.

There are three main factors in the war in the air and these are:

1.Spying (reconnaissance)

At first spying was said to be inefficient and not very important but this soon changed later on in the war as an aerial camera was made. The aerial camera was made in mid 1915 and aerial photography became very important, mainly because they were used to spy for enemy artillery so that the artillery wouldn’t bomb the attacking forces down. When they found the artillery it made it easy for the bombers to bomb down safely without any losses.

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               Therefore in my conclusion on the importance of spying, I feel that it was an important factor to the outcome of the war.

2.Bombing

        Bombing in the war is known for the attacks from Zeppelins and Gothas. There were more attacks made by Germany than there were from Britain. Bombing in the battlefield was very important. At the Marne numerous fort bridges were placed across the river to halt the German advances. In August 1918 British planes destroyed the German Somme defences. This was very important. By late 1918 large bombers ...

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