LH - with regard to German bombing of civilian targets and your apparent belief in the myth that they had orders not to bomb such targets.

They seemed to have had a bit of practice:

Spanish Civil War - On April 26, 1937, 25 German bombers dropped 100,000 pounds of bombs and incendiaries on the peaceful Basque village. Seventy percent of the town was destroyed and 1,500 people, a third of the population, were killed.

Poland 1939 - Warsaw

Holland 1940 - Rotterdam - declared an open city, but that didn't stop the Luftwaffe from bombing and burning it.

Norway 1940 - Narvik

In 1939 and 1940 the RAF was not capable of mounting a bomber offensive. It took another two years before that was made possible. Sir Arthur Harris could provide the only means of directly attacking the enemy that Britain had. Dresden was a target that was forced on him by others. It was one of four targets under consideration, Stalin wanted Dresden, certainly not Harris who objected mightily.