[FreedomPoster]

Bingo! As I commented on the other thread, this is selective amnesia by idiots.

There's no doubt that the British night-time area bombardment was meant to kill and disrupt civilian population centers, which also are production centers. This was total war against a society fully mobilized for production of armaments and support for military operations.

Tough. You started it, Deutschers, and did much worse yourselves. Suck it up.

[VOA]

There's no doubt that the British night-time area bombardment was meant to kill
and disrupt civilian population centers, which also are production centers.

I'm definitely not in the "ends justify the means" crowd.
And I think it's good that these topics get discussed, even if there are divergent
personal feelings.

But I just won't give folks who neglect that Dresden was an industrial city...
and the sad truth is there are usually civilian workers and their families within
close distances of such places.
Collateral damage is sure to ensue.

In the same breath, I don't doubt that the U.K. forces did want to "send a message"
in the waning days of the war, not only to the Germans, but to the approaching Soviet Army.

And maybe to just tell the Germans that after two world wars, this is how this crap
is going to end!