[Bruce Dennis]

Originally Posted by tcolvin

...Luebeck had no submarine construction yards. The 'justification' put out by the British was that it was the main port for iron ore imported from Sweden and was home to a U-boat training station.
But everybody knew that its timbered mediaeval buildings were a temptation for coventrieren.

Tony, out of curiosity, why the dismissive rejection of the target as legitimate? The iron ore trade was vital, and at that time was actually described by MEW analysts as capable of halting Germany’s war production on it’s own if disrupted sufficiently. Later this was proved wrong, but at that time there was sufficient evidence before the Air Staff to justify an all-out offensive against iron-ore targets had they felt capable of mounting one.

Bruce