Tekst piosenki
The sky is black with clouds of flame
Europe´s cities blaze
Total war strategic bombing
Cities laid to waste
Gurenica, and London
Rotterdam, Dresden
Terror..Bombing..Total...War
Burning cities broken homes
Millions die for leaders conquests
Cities laid...Laid to waste
Around the turn of the century there was some movement
towards banning aerial warfare in the same way poison gas
and exploding bullets are prohibited from use in war. However,
experience with the tactical use of the airplane in war proved
it was an invaluable addition to a Nations arsenal.
Some experimation with strategic bombing was conducted
in the First World War but it was not until the bombing
of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War that its true meaning
was grasped. The Second World war was truly a total war.
Every citizen was a combatant and every home a target.
Whole cities were destroyed with the aim of instilling terror
rather than disabling any military target. After the war the
Strategic Bombing Survey and other studies concluded that
this massive effort was of little military value. Strategic
bombing´s only saving grace was the developement of nuclear
weapons. A development which threatens the existence of
our planet to this day.
