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Continuing with the idea of stopping the waste of resources on area/city bombing, what if after the Battle of Berlin the calls to quit city bombing won out and the area bombing campaign stopped? Harris would be removed from command and a new campaign focusing on German production specifically (POL, transport, factories in combo with USAAF target selections) using the latest in guidance technologies to find targets. That means for much of 1944 then city attacks don't happen, especially the major firestorms like Dresden:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#The_British_later_in_the_war
These three would be after the POD:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darmstadt_in_World_War_II#Main_raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Pforzheim_in_World_War_II#Main_raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden
What impact would this have on the war and post-war?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#The_British_later_in_the_war
The effects of the massive raids using a combination of blockbuster bombs (to blow off roofs) and incendiaries (to start fires in the exposed buildings) created firestorms in some cities. The most extreme examples of which were caused by Operation Gomorrah, the attack on Hamburg, (45,000 dead), attack on Kassel (10,000 dead), the attack on Darmstadt (12,500 dead), the attack on Pforzheim (21,200 dead), the attack on Swinemuende (23,000 dead) and the attack on Dresden (25,000 dead).
These three would be after the POD:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Darmstadt_in_World_War_II#Main_raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Pforzheim_in_World_War_II#Main_raid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden
What impact would this have on the war and post-war?