The relieved British began to assess the impact of the Blitz in August 1941, and the RAF Air Staff used the German experience to improve Bomber Command's offensives. They concluded bombers should strike a single target each night and use more incendiaries because they had a greater impact on production than high explosives. They also noted regional production was severely disrupted when city centres were devastated through the loss of administrative offices, utilities and transport. They believed the Luftwaffe had failed in precision attack, and concluded the German example of area attack using incendiaries was the way forward for operations over Germany. COUNT 5
QSN1 What helped increase the Bomber Command's offensives? ANS1 the German experience QSN2 What did the RAF conclude? ANS2 bombers should strike a single target each night and use more incendiaries because they had a greater impact on production than high explosives QSN3 What caused the most production disruption? ANS3 when city centres were devastated through the loss of administrative offices, utilities and transport. QSN4 What did the Luftwaffe fail? ANS4 failed in precision attack QSN5 What did the experience of German's using incendiaries mean? ANS5 using incendiaries was the way forward for operations over Germany.