9 Failed Military Bombings -- Including Ahead of D-Day

On June 5, 1944, the British RAF plastered the Normandy coast of France with 5000 tons of bombs dropped by over 1000 bombers in preparation for the D-Day landings the next day. The bombing failed to destroy the German defenses, and the further bombing of the German “Atlantic Wall” after midnight on D-Day (June 6, 1944) by 2000 allied bombers also failed to achieve any particular benefit, especially due to cloudy conditions and bombers being extra cautious to avoid dropping bombs on Allied troops taking part in the landings, causing the bombs to fall too far inland to do any good. On other occasions aerial bombing has proven to be ineffective, sometimes totally failing to achieve its objectives, other times falling short of reasonably complete success. Today we list 9 of those bombing missions that stand out as examples of the failure of bombing from the air.