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Rather than clarifying the issue though, the Japanese experience confuses it, as it suggests that if Britain and the US had had the capacity to drop even more tonnage on Germany, the Nazis would have surrendered without the need for D-Day and consequent loss of life. The fact is, however, that although the Allies didn't have the weaponry to force Germany to its knees, they carried on regardless. Moreover, the bombing campaigns began in earnest at a time when the Allies had no other means to strike at the heart of Germany, and continued into 1945 with the destruction of Dresden when the war was almost won. Under such circumstances it is hard to argue the unequivocal morality of the British position, much as Neillands might like to. Harris was clearly not a war criminal, but he was no saint either. The fact is that five years of war is enough to wear anyone down and people take decisions they otherwise might not make. By late 1944 everyone was thoroughly exhausted and the collateral damage of a few German cities and their inhabitants was a minor consideration in the effort to get the war over and done with. For the most part, though, Neillands is an engaging and fair-minded historian and his accounts of the main events of the campaign are skilfully told and enlivened by first-hand accounts. And if he doesn¹t succeed in getting the Allied commanders off the hook, he more than succeeds in conveying the courage and determination of the aircrews, many of whom were knowingly condemned to an early death. --John Crace
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