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

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The Second World War in Europe Was Going to End in May 1945

The strategic bombing offensive as a whole greatly accelerated Soviet advances on the Eastern Front and almost certainly shortened the war. Chief Marshal Harris, the head of bomber command, did not give a jot about anything except his own self-defined mission of breaking German resistance. We must remember that while we know today that the Second World War in Europe was going to end in May 1945, that was far from clear at the time. They had been taken hostage by their own leader, who was determined that they should die with him.

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