[KarlInOhio]

We had laser guided bombs - well except for the lasers and the guided parts.

A typical WW II bomber might be able to hit the camp, maybe. I doubt that would do much more than delay the Germans by a couple of days and keep a bomber from hitting targets that would end the war faster.

If I were an Army Air Corps general at the time, I would have had a very tough time not bombing the camp, but the only way to stop the killing was to conquer Germany, thus every mission had to be to that end.

[JamesP81]

If I were an Army Air Corps general at the time, I would have had a very tough time not bombing the camp, but the only way to stop the killing was to conquer Germany, thus every mission had to be to that end.

You are spot on. The quickest way to end the killing is to win the war.

[af_vet_rr]

If I were an Army Air Corps general at the time, I would have had a very tough time not bombing the camp, but the only way to stop the killing was to conquer Germany, thus every mission had to be to that end.

Given that the flight crews of just the 8th Air Force were taking heavier casualties than the Marines in the Pacific, you had to choose your targets wisely. Sure, on a humanitarian level, you'd like to stop the camps, but given that you might lose up to %5 of your force on a large raid (and %5-10% depending on the target) you had to pick targets that would help end the war sooner or help the guys on the ground.

[RightWhale]

When they nuked Nagasaki they missed by a valley. Close enough for atom bombs. Lots of targets were missed in those days.