British Policy Second World War

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I would like help please on a crossword (4,7) A?E? ??M?I?G

A controversial British policy of the Second World War, overseen by Sir Arthur Harris, intended to destroy German civilian morale

Thank you

[retrocop]

Area Bombing

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The "G" is iffy !

[frugalfred]

Area Bombing

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Thanks

[humbersloop]

area bombing

[retrocop]

Area Bombing is the answer but I think you would of got a wider response if you posted your question in Crosswords.

[whiskeryron]

You really should have posted this in Crosswords ( stop invading our History Section)

[Peter Pedant]

area bombing

lucky not to be screwed for war crimes in 1945 - but as Goebbels said - the victors write the histories...[ a quote used by the Archbish of C a few years ago I dont think the fella knew the provenance ]

A) a lot of bobs missed
and b) the destruction of Dresden in Feb 1945 almost caused a mutiny amongst the bomber crews... see wiki

and THAT was the reason why he didnt get a statue for fifty years

[Peter Pedant]

I ' ve made a historical comment !


bad behaviour amongst the victorious Allies has a resonance today with the CIA torture report
and before anyone says whaaaaa ?
the CIA report is about bad behaviour amongst victorious allies whch didnt work, so there is a in fact a direct parallel

and that was another historical comment

[Svejk]

Here's another historical comment; They sowed the wind and now they'll reap the whirlwind.

[Peter Pedant]

surprisingly after Nagasaki, the japanese empire didnt surrender quickly enough so Curtis LeMay organised a final area bombing of Tokyo

and no one complains about that

[retrocop]

Not even the Japs??

[Svejk]

I always thought it was the second bomb that convinced them to surrender, thereby saving, possibly, millions of lives, mainly Japanese.

[retrocop]

Oh that cruel Curtis LeMay. How nasty to order a bombing raid against those gentle, peace loving,artistic, considerate people. They gave a roof over the heads of their POW's, made sure their diet wasn't too fattening, housed them in a tropical Idyll and stopped their boredom by letting them build a full scale railway in their leisure time. One sleeper for every POW that died they say.

[Gangrel]

Area Bombing ?