What is it about?
This article demonstrates that Second World War Operational Research in Bomber Command chose to maximise the offfensive instead of minimizing losses.
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Why is it important?
Operational Research archives are seldom used to examine choices made duting the Second World War. This analysis is done in this article to show what alternatives were available to Bomber Command.
Perspectives
My engineering experience of more that 30 years was largely based on a master degree specialized in Operational Research. Turning to the studies in History, it was natural to be interested in the origins of this scientific discipline and how it supported an offensive largely aimed at civilians.
Victor Bissonnette
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)
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This page is a summary of: Operational Research and the British Bombing Offensive against Germany, 1941–1945: Calculating Choices in War, War in History, July 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0968344516679042.
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