It was the allies that had a scorched earth policy, with late night raids carpet bombing entire German cities, reducing them to smoking rubble. They even bombed French cities.
Between the time of the German victory in the Battle of France and the liberation of the country, the Allied Forces bombed many locations in France. In all 1,570 French cities and towns were bombed by the Allies between June 1940 and May 1945. The total number of civilians killed was, at least, of 68,778 men, women and children (including the 2,700 civilians killed in Royan).[1]
The total number of injured was more than 100,000. The total number of houses completely destroyed by the bombings was 432,000, and the number of partly destroyed houses was 890,000. The cities that saw the most destruction were the following:[2]
Lost_In_The_Thinking 0 points 3 months ago
It was the allies that had a scorched earth policy, with late night raids carpet bombing entire German cities, reducing them to smoking rubble. They even bombed French cities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_France_during_World_War_II
I'm at a loss why the allies would do that to France.