Arne,I know more about WW2 than any war we've had.It was truly horrific and our very lives depended on the winning.The bombing of Dresden is controversial today because it had no "strategic"military target.It sure as shooting demoralized the citizens.Great Britain was getting buzz bombed and I haven't a pang about Dresden.I hate innocent civilian deaths.War is hell and I always want our side to have the advantage.I believe with the knowledge we had at the time,the Abomb decision was correct.I always think we must be ready to fight and win.
Bombing civilians is what it took to close that War. When the civilians are actively manufacturing and supplying the soldiers, there are no innocent targets.
The Germans military killed 7.7 million Soviet civilians, 5.3 million Polish civilians, 1.3 million Yugoslavian citizens and almost 400,000 French, 330,000 Czechs. The Japanese killed 10 million Chinese civilians.
Because we dropped the two big boys on Japan, their civilian losses were only 360,000. That was a Godsend for those people.
13 million Chinese died at the hands of the Japanese when the military deaths are added. It's unfathomable.