“The massacre of 60,000 civilians by American and British bombers mostly took place between May and July 1944.”
“I was only vaguely aware of it until the chance discovery of a memorial plaque at the Metz train station listing the names of the victims. And they were all French, without a single German!”
“The planes were poorly equipped for honing in on their targets and were only effective in destroying large areas such as entire towns or industrial complexes, not single bridges or railway lines. [In the spring of 1944, only 29% of the bombs dropped on Europe by the Americans landed within 1,000 feet of their targets.] In fact, the U.S. Army Air Forces of the time was aware of its limits, and was totally opposed to this carpet-bombing technique. Winston Churchill was also against it, fearing that it would have serious, negative impacts on French morale and their future behavior towards the Allies. This dispute was brought all the way to Franklin Roosevelt. But the president entrusted the decision to Eisenhower, who threatened to resign if he was not provided with bombers.”
https://france-amerique.com/american-bombs-falling-on-france/
“poorly equipped for honing [sic] in on their targets”
It’s called high altitude bombing — and it accomplished its goal.