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- Title
Operational Research and the British Bombing Offensive against Germany, 1941–1945: Calculating Choices in War.
- Authors
Bissonnette, Victor
- Abstract
Operational research is a scientific discipline that appeared in Great Britain on the eve of the Second World War. Bomber Command’s Operational research section began its studies in September 1941, using civilian scientists to analyse the bombing operations. Two potentially conflicting goals were pursued, one intended to maximize the offensive power against Germany, the other striving to minimize bomber losses. This article uses the Operational research performed during the conflict to illustrate the choices made by Bomber Command between those two possibilities, concluding on a clear priority in favour of the offensive.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; SCIENTISTS; WORLD War II; BOMBERS (Airplanes); CIVILIANS in war
- Publication
War in History, 2018, Vol 25, Issue 4, p534
- ISSN
0968-3445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0968344516679042