Sunday Post - 01.09.1940, Page 5

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BRITISH AIR RAID
Above. This amazing picture was taken from a British bomber and clearly shows the offects
of bombs and machine gun bullets on a German horse-drawn ammunition tain. Every raid'
like this lessens the danger of invasinon. As this photo proves the British bomber unlike
so many Germans, returned safely to its base.
Should Britain Bomb Civilians?
“The time for sentimentality is past. Why
don’t we stop this nonsense about military
objectives and give the Germans a taste of
their own medicine? Why don’t we bomb
Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg and blow
the Germans to bits?”
How 'Often we have heard this question
asked during these past weeks, since Ger-
many started launching large-scale air
attacks on Britain and scenes like that on
the opposite page brought the ruthlessness
of modem war to peaceful British homes.
Modern war is ruthless and for that reason
questions like this must be considered, how-
ever distasteful they may seem to us.
If war necessitates a readjustment of mo-
ral values the only excuse we can offer is
that such a readjustment is necessary if we
are to win the war. But will bombing ci-
vilians help to win the war? Remember:
Every tomb dropped on German civilians
means one bomb less dropped on munition
factories and aerodromes.
It is often suggested that German morale
would crack up rapidly under the strain of
widespread bombing of civilians. Was ci-
vilian morale- broken by the continual and
heavy air raids in Spain or in Finland?
On the contrary all reports go to show
that if anything the raids strengthened the
determination of the people to see it
through. In England infinitly better defended;
than these two countries, the events of
the last few weeks have certainly not shaken
the civilian’s will to win or his confidence.
It was fear of th© rapidly approaching