Not really as even with WWII tech the bombs could target specific areas. A nuclear bomb is more destructive for a few blocks around the blast, but get a couple miles out in the city and the damage is much less than a smaller bomb hit.
Modern military doctrine is hitting a whole city is bad. You want to hit specific targets and not collateral damage to other things. Discredited WWII doctrine was killing civilians would make them surrender so hitting the whole city was good. Which lens you look at military doctrine says which is better.
Modern military doctrine is hitting a whole city is bad. You want to hit specific targets and not collateral damage to other things. Discredited WWII doctrine was killing civilians would make them surrender so hitting the whole city was good. Which lens you look at military doctrine says which is better.