One must doubt whether it contributed anything to making democracy more acceptable after WWII. Still, when the fighting was over, the bombing stopped for good, and out of the tanks came people who were intent on creating democratic conditions and capable of doing so.
原因之一是用导弹和坦克实现民主在基本意义上就互相矛盾。民主的定义是用和平的方式解决冲突。当然了，1945年轰炸德累斯顿也不是和平。人们肯定会质疑它对二战后民主的建立是否有什么益处。但战争结束后，轰炸也永远停止了，从坦克里钻出来的人不仅抱着创造民主的决心，也拥有建设民主的能力。