[fso301]

Read the article on land sea bombardment. It is a good analysis......................

Except we already learned in class that the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo was undersized for at least two reasons; First being the navy wanted to make a big show by striking Tokyo. Second was that the ammunition allocation for the naval bombardment of Iwo was not expended before the first wave went ashore.

[PeterPrinciple]

Except we already learned

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Did you read it? The points you raise are valid and I tend to agree but, the summary of the article is bombardment has a role, it is not a magic bullet.......................

There is an overexpecation of bombing. But it is better than no bombing.