Comment by wqaatwt
3 days ago
> how many German civilians were killed?
You’re saying that if they had the capacity to bomb Berlin and other German cities they would have decided not to do that?
3 days ago
> how many German civilians were killed?
You’re saying that if they had the capacity to bomb Berlin and other German cities they would have decided not to do that?
> You’re saying that if they had the capacity to bomb Berlin and other German cities they would have decided not to do that?
No, I'm saying if they had the capacity to bomb Berlin--and did--the moral case wouldn't be so clear cut.
I'm also saying that if they had the capacity to bomb Berlin, they would have been well advised to focus first on strategic military or final solution targets.
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> effectiveness of strategic bombing is of course debatable
Strategic bombing doesn't work [1]. (By and large, it hardens the opposition.)
It's debatable, but pretty much only as a theoretical concern as the history of pure (conventional) strategic bombing is a set of straight failures.
> population of the Warsaw Ghetto had no such option. Therefore anything they could do to harm the Germany state would be fully justifiable
If they had the option to bomb Berlin--particularly repeatedly--they probably also had a way out. (Not necessarily literally. But if you're able to manaeuvre in the enemy's capital, you have resources and thus options at your disposal.)
[1] https://acoup.blog/2022/10/21/collections-strategic-airpower...
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