The main effort of the bomber force was to be directed toward dislocating the German transportation system and to destroying the morale of the civilian population as a whole.

"We must first destroy the foundations upon which the [German] war machine rests -The economy which feeds it, the morale which sustains it, and the Hopes of victory which inspire it"

--British Cheif of Staffs Memo, July 31st, 1941

So began Churchill's 'Area Bombing Offensive' against civilians.