No one had many qualms about bombing civilian targets. The U.S. felt that precison daytime bombing was less likely to waste bombs on civilian targets, while the British felt that the bomber crews would be safer at night. Both were wrong in the end. The Germans developed techniques to blind the U.S. bombers and night fighters to attack the British.

A major concern, dispute, whatever was over the bombing of Dresden. There was almost no military significance to the total destruction of Dresden. It was a target of revenge undertaken by the British Bombing Command leadership, at least according to many intellectuals.

On the other hand, a lot of the Japanese production was spread out among little family shops. It can be argued that it was a more legitimate target, but I am sure that there was racism and revenge mixed into the decision. No matter what the reason, there was little that could be done to not hit civilians in any decision to attack support operations. Any bombing operation is terrifying in its destruction. With Tokyo, the very nature of the city made fire bombing the most effective way to impact the outcome, but much more horrific in the efect on people.

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