The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a…

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The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.

George Bell

1944

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On the Allied policy of widspread bombing of Berlin and other German cities in 1944.

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Bell, George. "Speech Opposing Area Bombing." House of Lords meeting. 9 Feb. 1944, Westminster, London, England, UK.

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The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war. — George Bell

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