Find out who authorised the first raid aimed purely at civilians.
Taken in isolation the deliberate targeting of civilians by Bomber Command is unethical…..but only if taken in isolation.
The Nazis began murdering civilians in Poland as soon as the war began. Special units formed for the purpose (as well as regular troops), acting to plans drawn up before the war, were responsible so there can be no suggestion that these were collateral deaths.
German civilians, unconnected with the armaments industry, could have been evacuated to safety but this would have put an enormous strain on the German war effort. Effectively the German leadership was prepared to take these casualties (as was the British leadership with British casualties).
Most of the victims, most of whom were civilians, of a war that Germany started had no such luxury.
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