"In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method."

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Source : Statement on the July 1943 bombings of Hamburg. "The Valour and the Horror: The Untold Story of Canadians in the Second World War". Book by Merrily Weisbord and ‎Merilyn Simonds Mohr, p. 107, 1991.

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

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