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I mostly like Putin's quote "The Western allies didn’t abound with any special humanity, it’s incomprehensible to me to this day why Dresden was destroyed. There was no military reason for it."

Ahhh, yes...those mean old "Western allies" who did nothing more than liberate half the world from the Nazis & Japanese Imperialism: not much "special humanity" in doing that, I guess. And Putin's Russia, which started the war as Hitler's ally, was such a shining exemplar of "special humanity" from 1917 to 1989...

Get real.

24,866/28,410 houses in the inner city of Dresden destroyed. An area completely destroyed: 14,000 homes, 72 schools, 22 hospitals, 19 churches, 5 theaters, 50 bank and insurance companies, 31 department stores, 31 large hotels, and 62 administration buildings. 222,000 apartments in the city- 75,000 of them totally destroyed, 11,000 severely damaged, 7,000 damaged, 81,000 slightly damaged

It's called waging TOTAL WAR, aka, "fighting to win." It was completely justifiable within any context of World War II one might wish to examine. Period.

No, Cad, there isn't a lot of special humanity in liberating half the world when your intent is based on military alliances and prejudice. I wonder where you think "special humanity" is ever supposed to come in during a war. I'd like you to also understand that at no point did I defend Russia's behavior during World War II. I'll reiterate an earlier point by questioning your naming it "Putin's Russia".

And yes, I understand what "total war" is. Your calling it "fighting to win" is plainly asinine. I suppose had we really been "fighting to win" in Iraq it would have neccessitated large scale firebombing in Baghdad. That city's only millenia old.

familyop; A couple of things: What do you mean the "Nazi decision"? Those are commercial enterprises, not government installations. What does this have to do with "human shield programs"? Do you honestly believe large American cities during WWII weren't voluntary hosts to myriad arms factories? World Wars need bullets! Your Air Force History website lists brand names. Also- that airforcehistory.hq.af.mil website is pissing me off- why does a military history website have an unconventional security certificate?