On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Michael Perelman wrote:
> No, it is not all right. The Dresden-Hiroshima came late in the game
> after the war was pretty well lost.
As I said, that is also when 3/4's of the bombing in WWII took place:
> The American talked about economic chokepoints for much of the war, but
> after that didn't work and once they had air control they acted exactly
> like the RAF. The Allies dropped 2,700,000 tons of bombs on Germany; 72
> percent were dropped between July 1, 1944 and the collapse of Germany.
This is what people are referring to when they say "strategic" bombing, Michael (as opposed to tactical, which is in support of troops). And this is what they (including Gailbraith) decided was ineffective. By saying it happened "after the war was lost" you seem to be agreeing.
Michael
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