There is a problem to compare the bombings of Germany and Japan with asymmetric warfare. The RAF tried to hit only military targets, but failed. The US Army Air Corps tried to hit military targets and failed. They both hit nada and suffered casualties while trying. We also need to consider the technology in the 1940s, they were able to hit city blocks, but not the industries. Sir Arthur Harris (Bomber Harris, the commander of the British Bomber Command) and his American colleague realized pretty fast they couldn't hit their industries, but they could hit the factory workers. The British and the Americans also tried to hit the civilians morale. They failed with that.
Wars are usually divided into two types, I mentioned the asymmetric war. That means guerrilla war and terrorism (Vietnam, Afghanistan now and when the Soviets were there, Malaysia during the 1960s, the Kurdish fighting the Turks, Iraqis, Iranians, and the Syrians. Lebanon was in savage asymmetric war during the 1980s. The Israelis have been locked in a never ending war since 1967.
The symmetric war has an asymmetric component, but the majority of the fighting occur between two or more warring countries and their armed forces. Examples of symmetric wars are the dual world wars, the Korean war in the 1950s, The Israeli wars in 1967 and 1973, the Falklands War in 1982, the entire Cold War and the planning for it was based on the concept of the symmetric war. The asymmetric component of this kind of war are resistance movements, partisans, and the use of special forces.
Wars are usually divided into two types, I mentioned the asymmetric war. That means guerrilla war and terrorism (Vietnam, Afghanistan now and when the Soviets were there, Malaysia during the 1960s, the Kurdish fighting the Turks, Iraqis, Iranians, and the Syrians. Lebanon was in savage asymmetric war during the 1980s. The Israelis have been locked in a never ending war since 1967.
The symmetric war has an asymmetric component, but the majority of the fighting occur between two or more warring countries and their armed forces. Examples of symmetric wars are the dual world wars, the Korean war in the 1950s, The Israeli wars in 1967 and 1973, the Falklands War in 1982, the entire Cold War and the planning for it was based on the concept of the symmetric war. The asymmetric component of this kind of war are resistance movements, partisans, and the use of special forces.
