>Up until Churchill’s appointment as PM both Germany and Britain had stuck to a pledge not to attack targets in each other’s cities where civilians were at risk. Overy dismisses the long held belief "firmly rooted in the British public mind," that Hitler initiated the trend for indiscriminate bombings. He says the decision to take the gloves off was Churchill’s, "because of the crisis in the Battle of France, not because of German air raids over Britain." [Spectator](https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hitler-didn-t-start-indiscriminate-bombings-churchill-did-).