>the aim of the Combined Bomber Offensive...should be unambiguously stated [as] the destruction of German cities, the killing of German workers, and the disruption of civilized life throughout Germany.I'm not a wehraboo chud but that sounds evil as fuck.
>>18445953>German production of essentially all key systems increased through 1944>The RAF had a ~45% fatality rate among air crews. US 8th Air Force was at about 25%>Somewhat counterintuitively, the fatality rate among bomber crews was substantially higher than among ground forces. A private in a rifle company was far more likely to survive the war in Europe than the pilot of a powerful B-17.>The most concrete benefit of the strategic air campaign was that it forced Germany to reallocate fighters and air defense to the home front, accelerating German air power decline at the front. That matters, but now you’re basically talking about feeding bombers crews to the Luftwaffe as a diversion.
