The purpose generally given for area bombing (in Europe) was to cause widespread disruption especially by making large numbers of people homeless.
Bombing of Stuttgart in World War II happened in 1943.
Bombing of Ulm in World War II happened in 1944.
carpet bombing refers to the practice of dropping a large amount of bombs from multiple aircraft over a large area. It is referred to as carped bombing, because it resembles the process of laying carpet.
See the related site below which is a great site from the BBC about South Wales during the bombing in World War 2.
1938
You cannot call ethical anything done in war but you can justify actions done to the enemy but again no war action is ethical. Bombing an area will always bring civilians corpses so bombing an area is ethical by no means but some people could accept the terms which the bombs were dropped in the first place.
Bombing of Braunschweig in World War II happened in 1944.
Bombing of Lübeck in World War II happened in 1942.
Bombing of Bangkok in World War II happened in 1944.
Bombing of Königsberg in World War II happened in 1944.
Bombing of Stuttgart in World War II happened in 1943.
Bombing of Ulm in World War II happened in 1944.
Bombing of Darmstadt in World War II happened in 1944.
Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II happened in 1945.
Bombing of Schwäbisch Hall in World War II happened in 1945.
Most notably, World War II.
carpet bombing refers to the practice of dropping a large amount of bombs from multiple aircraft over a large area. It is referred to as carped bombing, because it resembles the process of laying carpet.