Overy argues that the bombing strained the German war economy and forced it to divert up to one-fourth of its manpower and industry into anti-aircraft resources, which very likely shortened the war.
奥弗利认为战略轰炸拖垮了德国的战时经济，迫使其将其四分之一的人力和工业转移至防空资源上，很可能缩短了整场战争。