The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty. . . Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let all the people say Amen! that the blood of our fathers may not cry from the ground against us. Sacred is the memory of that blood which bought for us our liberty.