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Originally Posted by ironrat
From what I understan, you would like to see explicite orders of bombing or strafing civilians/civilan targets. You will hardly find any.
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I have to disagree most strongly.
The RAF bomber campaign is a good example.
At one point there came a strategic shift in thinking where maximizing civilians casualties and the destruction of housing became a primary military objective and German civilian morale a strategic target (judging by the collapse of 1918 not an altogether silly concept). When military and science worked hard to maximize the effect of bombs on civilian housing etc etc etc.
Again, before people get offended, this is not an attack on the virtue of RAF Bomber Command or its brave men, nor is it an attempt to accuse them of war crimes.
This case is just helpful to define a clear framework - civilians as primary target - supported by theory, planning and execution.
I am certain that you can find such defined examples in German operations, from the Blitz to Jabo raids over Britain.