DBWI Harris made AOC Bomber Command

Wasn't he one of those, obsessed with breaking the morale of the enemy - how will they know!? Bizarrely, didn't have an idea that the 'invasion' wouldn't be needed - the bombers would sort them out!!
Fortunately, saner heads prevaled.
 
Wasn't he one of those, obsessed with breaking the morale of the enemy - how will they know!? Bizarrely, didn't have an idea that the 'invasion' wouldn't be needed - the bombers would sort them out!!
Fortunately, saner heads prevaled.

Yeah, he was. He and Curtis LeMay advocated terror bombing actually. Think of all the German people's lives that could have been lost! Heck, think of all the Allied personel that would be lost, charging to the defences of Germany like that.
Good thing that the bombing campaign wasn't initiated.
Anyway, the effectiveness of terror bombing was Busted in 'Nam.
 
Bombing alone would certainly not have been enough. In actual fact, despite heavy and constant bombing by the RAF and USAAF, the overall effect on German war production was fairly small. Increasing the intensity of bombing raids would most likely have put unecessary strain on Britain's economy rather than crippling German industrial output.
 
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