Early Bomber

Früher Bomber

Modern Age Strategic BomberBombardmentHero capable

Strategic bombing — the idea that wars could be won by destroying the enemy's industrial heart from the air — was born in the canvas cockpits of the Great War. Germany's Gotha G.IV raided London in 1917, sowing panic that anti-aircraft guns and cavalry patrols could not prevent. By the early years of the Second World War the concept had matured: Heinkel He 111s flew in tight formations over Poland and France, their bomb bays delivering payloads that conventional artillery could never project so far. These aircraft needed fighter escorts desperately; without them, defending interceptors extracted a terrible toll. Slow and lumbering, the early bomber trades speed and maneuverability for raw payload — it can level buildings, shatter supply depots, and break morale, but it demands air cover and suffers catastrophic losses if committed against defended airspace without escort.

Gold

100

Iron

200

Oil

160