World War II: The Murderous Allied Firestorms against German Civilians
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British and American air assaults forced a furious Hitler to reply in kind.
By Shane Quinn
Global Research
Shortly after becoming Britain’s prime minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill said the war will be directed “against the strength of the German people, which is to be smashed once and for all, regardless of whether it’s in the hands of Hitler or a Jesuit priest”. Such statements were a warning of what was to come. With the Nazis then rampaging across Europe, it would take time before Britain’s firestorms could be unleashed on the German people.
On 30 June 1940, Hitler’s Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering, then at the height of his popularity, declared just days after the fall of France,
“The war against England is to be restricted to destructive attacks against in...