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Re: Bombing civilian targets by the Luftwaffe?
Lets not complicate matters.
It should be possible to clearly define when the first RAF raid was conducted with German morale (residential areas etc) was the prime target, certainly at a strategic level.
Should it not be equally possible to point at a similar case when it comes to the Luftwaffe?
Rotterdam does not easily fit the picture, since the primary target was military (Dutch Royal Marines defiantly holding an important river crossing) and most damage was caused by secondary effects of fire (IIRC a combination of damaged water mains and a burning margarine factory).
Perhaps it should be fair to make a distinction between clear strategy and an ad hoc occurance, however dreadfull.
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Ruy Horta
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And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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