RAF Bomber crews remembered. Better late than never.

[Sternjaeger II]

No Bongo, you're bending my words.

My point is that the deliberate decision to attack civilian targets is as unjustifiable as the Luftwaffe bombing campaign of England, aimed at killing innocent civilians and spreading terror among the population.

Churchill was well aware of this and his arm was bent towards the final decision, but his attitude after the war was over really shows how they were well aware of the high price that both sides paid for an offensive that in fact served only to keep Stalin happy.

The dropping of leaflets in a country run by a regime is a very pale justification for what came after. Same applies for the American offensive in Japan.