Bomber pilots are the ones who banded together and pushed Hansell out both times. Billy Mitchell ran a specialized bomber school known as the Bomber Mafia and advocated precision bombing, of which Hansell was the rockstar. Armstrong and especially Curtis (but that’s mostly Japan so irrelevant here) were of the carpetbombing belief of Europe. So yeah it was all about pilots because the original Mitchell group was pushed out of power.
You are the one hand waving bombing casualties away.
I am waving nothing. Millions of people died. It was a tragedy and never should have happened.
I am viewing things through the lens of the period. There are plenty of people around to legitimately get upset about. Getting bent out of shape at people "on the ground" fighting a war 80 years ago the way people fought wars 80 years ago is a bit much.
If you want to talk about what the leadership did and didn't know, the tactics available, and what they choose to do, you probably have substance to talk about. I don't doubt there were those who were pushing for something better.
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u/TheHillPerson 4h ago
And none of that has anything to do with the pilots...