P-N - have to take issue with you on that one. I dont see that the numbering of German casualties was at all inappropriate, indeed I think a record of them has been incorporated into the memorial itself. In fact British civilian casualties were also numbered in the commentary. As for describing the Bomber Command offensive as "controversial" - well it would be naive to say otherwise. You and I and most contributors to this thread may have no problems with the bomber offensive as it happened, but no-one could seriously assert that our views are, or have been, held universally.