What was the British and Americans reasons for firebombing and killing German civilians in WWII?
Ron and Alex. Thank you both for clear concise answers. I have a standard answer when the subjct of Dresden comes up. To those of you who have read my answer before I apologise. To those of you who haven`t please read to the end for the facts I have gleaned from 30 years of research using numerous authors and the Public ecords Office at Kew. The biggest problem with dealing with the matter of the bombing of Germany is that it is judged against modern morals and standards of behaviour. Civilians have suffered during war from the beginning of time. When the barbarians sacked Rome they slaughtered men women and children. When the French stormed Spanish towns during the peninsular war the citizens inside were killed and the towns raped and pillaged. The powers during the 19th century and the early 20th laid down ever more stringent rules about conduct during war trying to prevent these excesses but until the Geneva Convention came along there were no hard and fast “rules of war”. In 1945 t
