I thought this was great...

We're definitely getting off topic here, I think.

The irony of this is that, of all Bomber Command operations of WWII, the primary purpose of the Dams Raid was not to 'kill as many civilians as possible'. Barnes Wallis was convinced that 'strategic bombing' was wasteful and that precise targeting of industrial objectives could be achieved.

One can take this argument to any length - French civilians died in the pre-D-Day bombardment. Ergo does this make the Royal Navy gunners war criminals, and so on. And V1s, V2s and the A-Bomb must be war crimes ....

Ultimately

Bewahret den Frieden
Krieg ist Grausam


On a memorial erected by Geman people on the German crash site of AJ-C, Ottley's Lancaster.

( Maybe I'll suggest to Otto that 'Strategic Bombing/ Morality' should warrant an individual topic heading. It does need to be discussed and revisited and it is of interest to new members also ).