[cyberia]

I don't think the bombing of civilian populations dampened any resolves in the Second World War. If anything just the opposite.

Rotterdam inspired the post-cease fire operations of the Dutch underground. The Blitz make the Brits tougher and the bombing of German civilians only made them fight harder.

Industrial targets paid off in the disruption of wartime production. Civilian targets yielded little more than a substantial rise in death tolls.