The German " concept of annihilation " ( " Vernichtungsgedanke " ) that later evolved into the " Blitzkrieg " ( " lightning war " ) provided for rapid advance of Panzer ( armoured ) divisions, dive bombing ( to break up troop concentrations and destroy airports, railways and stations, roads, and bridges, which resulted in the killing of large numbers of refugees crowding the transportation facilities ), and aerial bombing of undefended cities to sap civilian morale.
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The review draws several distinctions which are pertinent to both conventional and atomic Hague Convention of 1907 " IV The Laws and Customs of War on Land " and " IX Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War ", and the " Hague Draft Rules of Air Warfare of 1922 1923 " the Court drew a distinction between " Targeted Aerial Bombardment " and indiscriminate area bombardment, that the court called " Blind Aerial Bombardment ", and also a distinction between a defended and an undefended city . " In principle, a defended city is a city which resists an attempt at occupation by land forces.
