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Entry: Hitchens's Trotskyite Morality Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/hitchenss_trotskyite_morality#30718 Post contents: Dr Boyd Cathey: "Actually, my understanding and research indicate that the British mass and indiscriminate bombing actually did very little towards ending the war. German industry became very difused and was decentralized throughout the country..." I agree - my point was that Hitler diverted the Luftwaffe away from bombing RAF airfields to ineffectively bombing British cities. Later on, the RAF's bombing of German cities did not do much to stop German war production, but it did divert German resources into air defenses that could have been used elsewhere - an 88mm shooting at RAF planes is an 88mm not being used against Russian tanks. I'm not arguing that the terror bombing was a price worth paying; I'm not sure it was. Sent at: 2008 11 20