What is Carpet bombing?
[[File:Barcelona_bombing_(1938).jpg|thumb|300x300px|The first carpet bombing from air in history was the Bombing of Barcelona. 1,300 people were killed in 3 days, March 16–18, 1938]] [[File:Rotterdam,_Laurenskerk,_na_bombardement_van_mei_1940.jpg|thumb|300x300px|On 14 May 1940 at 1:22&nbsp;pm, in the Rotterdam Blitz, German bombers set the entire inner city on fire with incendiary bombs, killing 814 inhabitants]] [[File:Wesel_1945.jpg|thumb|300x300px|[[Wesel]] was 97% destroyed before it was finally taken by Allied troops in 1945]] '''Carpet bombing''', or '''saturation bombing''' describes the [[bombardment]] of a given area with [[Bomb|bombs]] destroying as much as possible in the given area. Like a [[carpet]] that covers the floor, bombs should cover the area. Carpet bombing is usually done by dropping a large number of unguided bombs. Carpet bombing of cities, towns, villages, or other areas containing a concentration of protected civilians has been a [[war crime]] since 1977. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Crimes of War – Carpet or Area Bombing|url=http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/carpet-or-area-bombing/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202081911/http://www.crimesofwar.org/a-z-guide/carpet-or-area-bombing/|archive-date=2 December 2015|access-date=2015-12-08}}</ref> It is explained in Article 51 of Protocol I of the [[Geneva Conventions]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carpet bombing|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/carpet-bombing|access-date=21 June 2019|publisher=[[Britannica.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 8, 1977|title=Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - Additional Protocol (I) to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 - 51 - Protection of the civilian population|url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Article.xsp?action=openDocument&documentId=4BEBD9920AE0AEAEC12563CD0051DC9E|access-date=June 21, 2019|publisher=[[International Committee of the Red Cross]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - Additional Protocol (I) to the Gene