For 21 months of relentless aerial bombing and artillery assaults that left many tens of thousands of people dead, most of them civilians.
The relentless bombing is reassuring, in a way, to Goto Dengo.
At the outbreak of war, relentless bombing forced Tarnowska and her husband to leave their home.
In the result, the relentless bombing of the North made any "bridge-building" impracticable.
It virtually laid waste to the business district of the old walled city with relentless bombings that had buildings rather than people as the targets.
The Taliban leaders abandoned Bamiyan in November in the face of attacks by the Northern Alliance rebels and relentless American bombing.
America's strategy of relentless bombing and logistical support for local opposition groups has proved devastatingly effective.
NATO continued its relentless bombing across Yugoslavia today.
Certainly, NATO's relentless bombing has taken a toll.
After 21 months of relentless bombing and shelling, Chechnya is a patchwork of burned-out buildings and rubble.