[dighton]

You're trying to trick me into a burst of energy, which rarely works. Someone else can supply the whys-and-wherefores about Dresden.

I'm pinging three FReepers, far better qualified than me, to comment.

[A. Pole]

Someone else can supply the whys-and-wherefores about Dresden. I'm pinging three FReepers, far better qualified than me, to comment.

Good! It will be interesting.

[aculeus]

Someone else can supply the whys-and-wherefores about Dresden.

You already said it: a wartime decision, in a war the Brits did not start, against a murderous regime.

Hindsight says Dresden was an unnecessary and unnecessarily brutal attack but General Hindsight was not on duty at the time.