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Comment by JumpCrisscross

4 days ago

> 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...

> Strategic bombing doesn't work

Well.. that’s debatable and obviously not conclusive. Opportunity costs, not direct effectiveness is a bigger concern.