When Germany was dropping tons of bombs on Civilians in London (airforce) were they committing Terrorism ?

Answer 1

no because when the third reich was doing that they were at war with england england had declared war on germany and since the british navy whipped hitlers backside and hitler knew a ground war against england would never happen he opted to firebomb london

Answer 2

When Germany first dropped bombs on civilians, it was considered a war crime. With the advent of so-called "Strategic Bombing" by the Allies, it became just another tool to be used.

Answer 3

One would think that war in and of itself IS a form of terrorism. Any time terror is invoked by one's actions, I would think it could be considered terrorism. That would follow then that what we did to Iraq, in our attempts to thwart terrorism, was in fact to commit our own brand of it ourselves, even though we like to say it was all done in self defense. Don't get me wrong - I support our military and I support our country, even though I disagree with the policies of our current president. I just think that when bombs are dropped, guns are fired, and innocent people get hurt, those acts, in themselves, can be classified as terrorism, even if the motives are out of self defense.

Answer 4

Terrorists go around blowing stuff up and shooting people for whatever cause they think they are standing up for. In war however, if you do not bomb the crap out of the enemy then how would you win the war? If you want to think about it like that, then Americans are by far worse terrorists for droping atomic bombs on Japan.

Answer 5

Nope...A terrorist is a person who has all the millitary intellegence, bombs, guns, and any other kind of armament, millitary gear such as bullet proof vests, helmets, etc., but does not have the guts to fight or kill anyone except for helpless innocent women and children. They do not have the guts to fight anyone equally equipped and worse yet they would never fight in a war.They are typically ignorant of real life in a real world...chances are they are reading the Koran and and living in a world full of Allah ta crap!

Answer 6

Yes. The intent was not to destroy the infrastructure but to demoralize the population by murdering as many people as possible - any weapon they had at their disposal they were willing to use. When Britain bombed Germany, attacks were concentrated on military targets and factories - it was imprecise and caused the deaths of many innocent people but it was at least party justifiable as an act of self-defense.

Answer 7

Germany and England were nations at war, and there are strategic reasons for bombing population centers. London, for example, is the capitol, and headquarters of the allies, and a major industrial center. It's not nice, but then war isn't a nice business.

Answer 8

My father was a pilot in the U.S. 8th Air Force during WWII. When Lt. William Calley was held for the massacre in Mi Lia, Vietnam in 1968, Dad and his buddies from the 96th Bomb Group (Snetterton, Heath, UK) went to Washington and demanded to be arrested and put in the cell next to him for the 300,000 people they indiscriminately killed in Berlin.

Answer 9

Everyone knows that annihilating human beings in time of war is not terrorism, at least so long as the non-terrorist annihilators wear uniforms.

Answer 10

They used terrorist tactics.
Scare tactics.
The Planes (Stuka's I Think) had a siren on them so that when they went to dive bomb, the Siren gave out a loud sound, to terrorize the people below.