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Originally Posted by dragoon500ly
So is it a war crime to use every means at your disposal to destroy the enemies will to fight?
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If it means deliberately targetting civilians, then yes.
The bombing of German cities, if anything, only increased the German military's will to resist. It didn't prompt a single popular uprisings against the regime. One could easily argue that the terror bombing of Axis cities was a costly failure as it did not break their will to fight. It resulted in hundreds of thousands of dead civilians and bomber crew casualties were staggering as well.