Anthony Grayling in Bombing Civilians in Wartime

Anthony Grayling argues that bombing civilians in Dresden and other German cities in the Second World War was morally wrong.....

Why is in history, the bombing of allies on German cities such as Dressen, that killed thousands of innocents has been largely forgotten. Or how many students nowadays know that the total people who killed by the bombing in Tokyo is higher than the morality from Nagasaki and Hiroshima?. These immoral bombing is hidden behind the reason that the bombing on civilians was an important part to contributeto the victory. Or at least, the explanation is that no war doesn’t have the sacrifices.

He contributed to his argument by showing evidence that how shameful are RAF and USAAF chose population areas to bomb instead of military facilities and building such as rail ways or camps. He also gave the idea that bombing in civilians areas is not efficient. He mentioned that the total products of the Germans were still increasing even though the amount of bombs drop on their cities raised by years. Bombing not only was a part of strategy of making the Germans became weaker , but also for the reason that the Germans had to be punished by their culture and their aggression.

Especially, he compared the bombing of USAF on Japan with the terrorism event 11th of September. His opinion is that, the terrorist attacked in 11th September is the same aimed with massacre civilians in World War II bombing by terrorising the rest of the survival population. He didn’t refuse that the bombing in WWII was an attack in a declare war, but anyways, both of them don’t alternate in complexion of moral.