Bombing civilian targets by the Luftwaffe?

[Jon]

Looks like this thread could go on and on for ever and never find out who was first to bomb civilians.

The simple fact is, in modern warfare civilians are a target and i am sure if we dug deep enough back into ancient history civilians were killed in war then. The only difference is the methods in killing "improved"

As an Englishman i certainly have no guilt with the fact that by 1943 on the RAF could as good as destroy a German city in one or two visits, if the Luftwaffe had been able to do this to London, or even New York!!! they would have.

By late 1944 the US destroyed citys in Japan with relative ease, and of course the Atomic weapons aimed 100% at civilians ended WW2.

So if this thread is going to be accused of being lead by "Guilt" then i for one am happy to say it is lead more with pride in my country able to pick itself up almost from defeat and within a few years be able to hit the enemy right on the nose.