Yes, the fire bombing of German cities was horrible. I can see why looking back now we would call it a war crime but unfortunately it was the rule of warfare during the age. Germany could have surrendered and saved hundreds of thousands but Hitler wanted to punish Germany for losing the war. The war would not have ended without the carpet bombing. I think a total of 70 million died in WW 2 the majority being civilians. Germany had no qualms of marching into a country and killing millions. Unfortunately the only way they could be stopped was total annihilation. God, what a horrible war.