Leo McKinstry once again throws open the issue of the rationale behind the British bombing of German cities during WWII. Having scoured a number of archives, he concludes that the hundreds of thousands of German victims were not killed by accident but deliberation: "Typical was a paper, now in the archives of Cambridge University, written in August 1941 by the bombing operations directorate of the air ministry. This argued that the focus of future British attacks must be 'the people in their homes and in factories, also the services such as electricity, gas and water upon which the industrial and domestic life of the area depends'. Warming to this theme, the directorate then found support for such theories in the Luftwaffe's bombing of Coventry. To most Britons, this attack had been an outrage. To the Air Staff, it was an inspiration. The assault on Coventry, argued the paper, was 'one of the most successful raids carried out by the German Air Force on this country', with a ton of high explosive and incendiaries for every 800 citizens. 'If Bomber Command could carry out a raid on the Coventry scale every month, the result would be a complete state of panic in the industrialised west of Germany', as well as 'considerable loss of life and limb, widespread destruction and damage to the houses of workers'."
Would the bombing of cities and township residential areas be a deliberate act?
The answer is most probably Yes..........But to the bomber pilot this was just another mission that was ordered from high command and it was to be carried out regardlessly.
The night pilot could see the houses through the flames and at times even felt the heat underneath him but duty called and the fact that innocent men women and children were dying,burning to death had to be ignored.
Do unto others for what they have done to us.
The purpose was to break the will of the civillians but only the rules were going to be broken.
In war there are no rules.
The towns and citys in britain got bombed and v-rocketed,so they did the same back,showing that war brings out the most evil in human beeings,regardless what side you are on(western or civilized)the beast comes out every now nd then
