Hey Brian good to see you making a posting that doesnt just have one line in it...lets have more of those
Guzzler yes thats the reason, as I understand it, that Bomber Command and the higher people in that establishment, were overlooked in the years after the war. The total destruction of civilians on this raid was an embarassment at the highest level..even with Churchill himself.
So I think that answers a couple of Brians questions..its doubtful if the raid was discussed at the highest level and I dont think it brought an immediate end to anything. The bombs dropped on Japan brought an immediate end to everything but not in Dresden. You can tell it was wrong by the after war cold shouldering of the whole episode.
But there we are...you never see the war winners brought to trail on war crimes, whether they were indeed committed or not. The legal trials to clarify these situations once and for all never happen, even in modern conflicts.