Removing unnecessary fields.

Separating data frame into two theaters: European and Pacific

Related questions to Rom’s initial questions:

1.) What sorts of places were bombed in the European Theater?

2.) What was bombing like in the Pacific Theater?

3.) How can we look at the locations of the heaviest bombings in the Pacific?

4.) How can we see the progression of bombing advancement and targetting?

We have countries and coordinates, but no real way of seeing what was happening. If we map the locations, we can see the story of the bombings unfold.

First, what sorts of targets were bombed in Europe? The most numerous types of targets were airfields and related facilities, cities, oil production and storage, and railroad facilities. We can take a look at some of the most heavily bombed cities in the war and the targets around them.

By looking at this map, we can see the major cities occupied were bombed heavily, additionally, airbases that could hit Britain were targeted. Dresden and Hamburg were both hit heavily with firebombing, although strategically around them, the only targets were oil production facilities.

2.) In the Pacific, as the other two showed, the most heavily bombed country was the Philippines, not Japan. What becomes interesting is not the types of targets, but when they occured and how many bombs were dropped.

First, we can get an overview of the bombing in the Pacific.

The outlines of the Philippines are essentially completely covered by the bombing locations. Zooming in on the Philippines, we can now check the most heavily bombed targets.

This shows us that the area around Manilla was incredibly heavily bombed, but does not tell us when. We can finally look at the progression of American bombing during the war.