This speak of Josef Goebbels, was towards the end of the war.
Arthur Harris gave his speech on the area bombing at the beginning of the war and advocated this area bombing.
A Herman Göring and Adolf Hitler spoke out against the area bombing at the beginning of the war.
Josef Goebbels on June 04, 1944
It has now happened that in individual villages or in cities, the population has taken steps to self-help against such terrorist fighter pilots. They was striked dead them or their necks was cut. We are ( the nationalsocialist leadership) don't shed crocodile tears and those who did that are not led to the scaffold we're not so crazy.
We can understand this anger of the population very well and the English and American pilots must be clear about this, if they continue to carry on as before, the German people will give them an answer that will give them everything else, just no pleasure.
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https://archive.org/details/hermann-goring-am-09.09.1939-ansprache-in-den-goring-werken.-2
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_bombardment_and_international_law
Article 25: The attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which "are undefended" is prohibited.
Article 26: The officer in command of an attacking force must, before commencing a bombardment, except in cases of assault, do all in his power to " warn the authorities. "
Article 27: In sieges and bombardments all necessary steps must be taken to spare, as far as possible, buildings dedicated to religion, art, science, or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not being used at the time for military purposes. It is the duty of the besieged to indicate the presence of such buildings or places by distinctive and visible signs, which shall be notified to the enemy beforehand.
