The Nazis, much like the Soviets, were cunning and evil; however, the bombing missions that morphed into the fire-bombing of Dresden weren’t originated by the Luftwaffe. The destruction of a city and most of its civilian population was an inhumane act.
At the onset Germany bombed military targets exclusively as Hitler specifically prohibited the Luftwaffe from bombing any civilian targets.
In August of 1940, two aircraft were seperated from their formation and wound up lost while evading fighters over England. They jettisoned a negligible amount of bombs over London resulting in little damage.
Churchill directed the RAF to begin bombing raids over Berlin four times in a row. After the fourth raid, Germany warned the UK not to bomb Berlin for the fifth time or they would be forced to retaliate.
So Churchill ordered the fifth bombing and the Luftwaffe began the blitz.
Was that Hitler's sense of altruism and fair play, or a strategic unwillingness to waste assets?
In August of 1940, two aircraft were seperated from their formation and wound up lost while evading fighters over England. They jettisoned a negligible amount of bombs over London resulting in little damage.
Did you write for the Reich? What is a negligible amount of bombs when you are a civvie on the ground? What is your source for this statement as I assume you weren't the flight leader?
Tell that to the Spanish in Guernica.
The Luftwaffe were the first to use incendiary bombs when they hit Coventry...
Being in the RAF and bombing the crap out of Nazis during World War II was not an easy job mate, from Wikipedia...
Bomber Command crews also suffered an extremely high casualty rate: 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew (a 44.4% death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war.
The British bombing became less selective after the Rotterdam blitz in May of ‘40. That had already been proceeded by the indiscriminate bombing during the Polish invasion.
“...In August of 1940, two [Luftwaffe] aircraft ... jettisoned a negligible amount of bombs over London ...
So Churchill ordered the fifth bombing and the Luftwaffe began the blitz.”
HomerBohn and ilk must revel in their self-bestowed sense of moral superiority. How precious, that they bolster such by second-guessing the decisions and actions taken in the midst of a serious war, now three generations behind us.
Their stance is that much more odious: the people they are poormouthing are nearly all dead. Some did die, or endure great suffering and sacrifice, to afford modern critics safety, comfort, and leisure - to make invidious moral comparisons.
In any war, one can be moral, or be effective. To choose the first is to negate the second. Imbecilic; not all that moral either, at the end of the day.
When exactly did Hitler give that warning to Poland?