Detrimental Effect Quotes
At the time, the German manufacturing capability had been destroyed by allied bombing, and the allies were facing large casualties invading the heart of Germany and its cities. Churchill reasoned that the Germans could not retaliate. Although it was against the Geneva Convention, the Germans had already broken that many times and committed the worst war crimes. Therefore, he argued that there was no obligation for the allies to comply. However President Roosevelt had promised that we would not be the first to use poison gas, and Churchill was talked out of his idea.