The area bombing of germany in world war ii: An operational research perspective

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 661-677

  Kirby, M ^a   Capey, R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History of OR; World War II

Indexed keywords

BOMBING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HISTORY; MILITARY AVIATION; PERSONNEL;

GERMANY; WORLD WAR II;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0031188483     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600420     Document Type: Article

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