Bombing Quotes

“Resigned to death, they will be able to do nothing but await the inevitable with eyes turned to the sky.”

“The guiding principle of bombing is to hit the fewest number of targets to produce the greatest effect.”

“We are going to scourge the Third Reich from end to end. We are bombing Germany city by city and ever more terribly in order to make it impossible for her to go on with the war. That is our object; we shall pursue it relentlessly.”

“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.”

“One has to be careful what one says in this world, but I am convinced that the bombing of Germany has been a decisive factor in the war.”