I think very much so. Of course the governments of the day on the Allied side wanted to win the war with as few casualties to 'our' civilians and military and infrastructure. The Axis side were responsible for their people. So all options would be pursued to end the war as quickly and on the most favourable terms possible. Only after the war can you say 'Should have done a bit more of that, a little less of this...'. Can you imagine saying to your population in time of war 'Well just in case things look bad afterwards IF we win - we'll just have to accept more casualties and horror because we really want to go as lightly as possible on the opposition who were firmly believe by the way are a bunch of genocidal maniacs...'
Also the Germans really had planned and hoped for a short war that would not use strategic bombing - so they didn't have the equipment to carry it out. It wasn't that they didn't want to or hadn't indulged where they could. But it turned into total war. Ain't it a bugger when you reap what you sow?