Carpet bombing, also known as saturation bombing, is a large aerial bombing done in a progressive manner to inflict damage in every part of a selected area of land. The phrase evokes the image of explosions completely covering an area, in the same way that a carpet covers a floor. Carpet bombing is usually achieved by ...

March 15, 1945 (Thursday) The Red Army launched the Upper Silesian Offensive. Juan José Arévalo became 24th President of Guatemala. EC Comics published its first comic book, the concluding half of a biography of Jesus called Picture Stories from the Bible. The first issue of the series had been published by DC Comics.[19][20] Born: A. K. Faezul Huq, politician, lawyer and columnist, in Calcutta, British India (d. 2007)