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The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable

Intelligence Squared

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The Royal Air Force Was Not Justified in Learning Lessons From Spain, Poland and the May War

Richard Overie says the RAF was right to take different lessons from what it could see. AC Grayling is asked about Otto Clempro, a German Jewish diarist who survived the Holocaust as a consequence of the bombing of Dresden. And Anthony Gormley asks why such terrible things were going on in Europe? Why wouldn't one need to deal with them in a comprehensive retaliation?

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