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Originally Posted by ariel

I never realized that the effects of bombing were so awful from the economic point of view and that they affected so many people. The loss of life was terrible, that much I knew, and the effect on the families of victims is too horrible to imagine. But, I guess, the effect on tourist industry and on the rest of the population must have been way worse than we could guess.
My sympathies....

Nicely put Ariel.