As a result of the Allied bombing campaign against Nazi submarine bases during the Second World War, the cities of Brest, Lorient, and Saint Nazaire were nearly completely destroyed. Yet despite thousands of bombing missions, all three submarine bunkers still stand today. This monograph examines the effectiveness of the Allied bombing campaign against German submarine bases in Brittany by analyzing the campaign through the use of a design methodology. Research is broken down into three frames: the operational approach, the operational environment, and the problem frame. The first frame provides an account of the bombing missions and effects. Next, an overview of the operational environment is conducted by exploring the historical context of Brittany, German construction of the submarine bases, and Allied institutional barriers that hindered execution. The study concludes by examining the problem frame, which entails how the Allies perceived their operational problem and developed an approach based on their understanding. Ultimately, the Allies failed to accurately identify the problem and consequently developed an ineffective approach to defeating the threat. Had the Allies incorporated design thinking into their planning and execution, they may have developed an effective campaign towards defeating the Nazi U-boat threat rather than solving the wrong problem.
Bombing of Brittany: Solving the Wrong Problem
2010
72 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Education, Law, & Humanities , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Collateral damage , Second world war , France , Submarine bases , Bombing , Germany(East and west) , Military planning , Air force operations , Army aviation , Urban areas , Fighter bombers , United kingdom , Measures of effectiveness , Army operations , Construction , Problem solving , Destruction , Attack , Military forces(Foreign) , Military history , Coastal regions , Brittany(France) , Allied bombing campaign , Occupied france , Air operations , European theater of war , British royal air force , Us army air corps , Submarine pens , Bombing operations , Organization todt , Submarine bunkers , Concrete bunkers , Nazi u-boats , Brest(France) , Lorient(France) , Saint nazaire(France) , Operational approach , Reconstruction
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