Yeah I read that all of the civilian targeted bombings literally made the war last longer- they were counterproductive for pretty obvious reasons.
Firstly, Nazi Germany wasn't democratically controlled so public opposition hardly mattered. Secondly, the city dwellers were the people who hated Hitler the most, so the Allies were just killing the Nazis' political opponents for them :surprised-pika:
Which ended up being the start of a proud US tradition
so the Allies were just killing the Nazis’ political opponents for them
there is even a rumor (wink wink) that Dresden was bombed because it's East Germany and it was gonna go to the Soviets; i'm not a big history buff, but there's some resonance here between the bombing of Dresden and the bombing of Belgrade in 1999 where in both cases a lot of civilian infrastructure was "accidentally" damaged
Nah the bombing was pretty indiscriminate (or the stated goals differed from the actual goals) and there were lots of civilian casualties.
Yeah I read that all of the civilian targeted bombings literally made the war last longer- they were counterproductive for pretty obvious reasons.
Firstly, Nazi Germany wasn't democratically controlled so public opposition hardly mattered. Secondly, the city dwellers were the people who hated Hitler the most, so the Allies were just killing the Nazis' political opponents for them :surprised-pika:
Which ended up being the start of a proud US tradition
Angloid military strategy
They can't oppose us if literally everyone who could oppose us is dead taps head
there is even a rumor (wink wink) that Dresden was bombed because it's East Germany and it was gonna go to the Soviets; i'm not a big history buff, but there's some resonance here between the bombing of Dresden and the bombing of Belgrade in 1999 where in both cases a lot of civilian infrastructure was "accidentally" damaged