The stated goal of "area bombardment" was to "break the German will." It failed in this. It had other military effects that contributed to the shortening of the war, as you note.
Every dead German was one less to pick up a gun.
True. Except that since most German men were off in the military, those affected by the area bombing were primarily civilians, mostly women and children.
"True. Except that since most German men were off in the military, those affected by the area bombing were primarily civilians, mostly women and children." by Restorer
You should study history a little bit more. The Nazis had not been training the Hitler Youth to be a Drill and Ceremony unit. Some of them needed killin' too. Many Germans were not Nazis, but a vast number of them were. Nazi holdouts continued to fight and kill just like the Iraqi terrorists for months after the end of the war. Look into the history of a town in Germany that had its entire local government executed by the Nazis for coopterating too soon with the Allies.
