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THOSE of us who experienced the heavy attack on London by the German Air Force on Saturday night (May 10–11) were once more convinced of its deliberately indiscriminate nature with the obvious aim of striking terror into the hearts of Londoners—an aim as ineffectual as it was barbaric. Never has there been a raid in which so much damage was done, in brilliant moonlight, to buildings of architectural and cultural value-Westminster Abbey, Dean's Yard, Westminster Hall, the Houses of Parliament, the British Museum, etc. On the other hand, we venture to say, never was there a raid in which so little damage was done to objectives of military importance. One of the editors of NATURE had occasion to go from Westminster through a heavily raided area while the attack was at its height; and once again he was firmly convinced of the absolute futility of this form of attack-futile from the point of view of the Nazis' own war strategy. For the enemy did nothing to further his own aims, though he did much against them in rousing the ire of the British and, afterwards, the contempt of every balanced thinker throughout the world.
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Terrorism in Aerial Attack. Nature 147, 602 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147602a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147602a0