Layla, you set up some examples and ask if we see where you're going,  Let me address them.

Japan didn't do much after the US dropped a bomb on them, but they were too busy just trying to live, I would think.

After the 'Brits bomb Dresden, German armed forces absolutely continued to strike back as much as they were able to in the last few months of war.  Many allied soldiers and civilians lost their lives as a result.

Germany overran France in 1940, and French 'terrorists' did what they could against German occupying forces until the liberation. Following that, French armed forces participated in the push to take Germany, in particular capturing Karlsruhe and Stuttgart.

I think you've just made Art's point for him.