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bombing [′bäm·iŋ] (ordnance) The action of dropping bombs from an aircraft with the purpose of hitting a target. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Rising in Parliament, Archibald Sinclair, the liberal leader in the House of Commons, aptly portrayed the bombing as "a deliberate effort to use air power as an instrument of terrorism" British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said the nation "deeply deplores the bombardment of the civil population in the Spanish Civil War, wherever it may occur and whoever may be responsible. It's also worth recalling that federal agencies like the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms had informants and provocateurs planted in the various Aryan/white supremacist groups that played a role in the OKC bombing. Truman considered several ways to convince Japan to quit the war: 1) intensifying the already heavy bombing of Japanese cities; 2) waiting for the Soviet Union, an ally in defeating Germany, to join the war against Japan; 3) allowing Japan's emperor, Hirohito, to remain on his throne; and 4) invading Japan. |
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