I appreciate I'm not the right generation to have heard the criticism of Bomber Harris, or the bombing strategy of the time, although I'm subsequently aware of it. However, I'd never considered it valid to criticise anyway; in war, as much as bad people do bad things, good people are forced to do similar in response. I don't personally see the statement you've highlighted as pejorative, more factual if that indeed was the timeline. I appreciate your personal history sees that differently though. The enormity of the undertakings made by all those who fought in the war, including my family members, overwhelms any criticism by those that didn't have to make those decisions & sacrifices - their legacy is a reminder of what they had to do, so that we may never need to.