This is what happened in Dresden, Germany.
Winston Churchill would later boast about his decision to demoralize Germany by fire bombing it's citizens. -Churchill, Roosevelt. & Stalin intended to punish the citizens.

"German cities will be subjected to an ordeal the likes of which has never been experienced-severity or magnitude"
"To achieved this end, there are no knowns of violence to which we will not go"
-Winston Churchill


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