Carpet bombing can be seen as a rational response to the V2 rocket which was indiscriminate of it's targeting of Londoners. The British strategic bombing again

Carpet bombing can be seen as a rational response to the V2 rocket which was indiscriminate of it's targeting of Londoners. The British strategic bombing against Germany started with Operation Abigail Rachel in December 1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Mannheim_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Mannheim_in_World_W... Which itself followed the start of the London Blitz in September 1940: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz#First_phase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz#First_phase The first V2 attack against the UK was much later, in September 1944: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket#Operational_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-2_rocket#Operational_history