Dive bombing - Dive bombing

Japanese: 急降下爆撃 - きゅうこうかばくげき
Dive bombing - Dive bombing

…When attacking a city, night attacks were common to minimize damage to the bombers, and because it was difficult to distinguish military targets from other targets, indiscriminate carpet bombing was often used. Dive bombing began to attract attention around 1935. Bombing carried out while plunging at an angle of 30 degrees or more was generally called dive bombing, and bombing at an angle of 60 degrees or more was called vertical bombing. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "dive bombing" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…都市を攻撃するような場合,爆撃隊の被害を少なくするため,夜間攻撃が多く,また軍事目標と他を区分することが困難なので,無差別のじゅうたん爆撃となることが多い。 1935年前後から急降下爆撃が脚光を浴びるようになった。30度以上の降下角度をもって突進しながら行う爆撃を一般に急降下爆撃といい,とくに,60度以上の急角度で行うものを垂直爆撃と呼んでいた。…

※「急降下爆撃」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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