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The aim of the Combined Bomber Offensive...should be unambiguously stated [as] the destruction of German cities, the killing of German workers, and the disruption of civilized life throughout Germany. It should be emphasized that the destruction of houses, public utilities, transport and lives, the creation of a refugee problem on an unprecedented scale, and the breakdown of morale both at home and at the battle fronts by fear of extended and intensified bombing, are accepted and intended aims of our bombing policy. They are not by-products of attempts to hit factories.

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“In October 1943, emboldened by his success in Hamburg and increasingly irritated with Churchill’s hesitance to wholeheartedly endorse his tactics, he urged the government to be honest with the public regarding the purpose of the bombing campaign.”

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