My point is simple - that all the previous comments trying to differentiate between industrial and civilian targets is just plain claptrap. In the main - at the time - the two were one and the same, with the exception as you noted of the Krupps and similar plants. But - as with your comment re Coventry - most of the manufacturing capacity was integrated into the towns and cities. Differentiation of targets was not possible, so claiming it was is a total misrepresentation.
As regards "Muddled thinking by bleeding heart modern liberals", in view of your comments regarding complaints at the time, I'll change that to "Muddled thinking by bleeding heart liberals".
With the exception of the children, those people living in the cities were living in a valid target area. Even if they were not directly employed in munition work, they would have been supporting those that were: working on transport, catering, offices. If they didn't want to be bombed they had the choice to get out. Many did
Remember ot was Goebbels who said ""TOTALER KRIEG — KÜRZESTER KRIEG"