▁who ▁tried ▁to ▁kill ▁them . ▁ ▁Re ception De ath ▁by ▁Moon light : ▁Bom ber ▁Command ▁first ▁a ired ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁Canadian ▁veter ans ' ▁groups ▁and ▁some ▁prominent ▁histor ians ▁immediately ▁claimed ▁the ▁episode ▁in ac cur ately ▁dep icted ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁Bom ber ▁Command . ▁Histor ian ▁Jack ▁Gran at stein , ▁in ▁his ▁book , ▁Who ▁Kil led ▁Canadian ▁History ? ▁also ▁sever ely ▁critic ized ▁The ▁Val our ▁and ▁the ▁Hor ror . ▁Although ▁accepting ▁that ▁night ▁bomb ing ▁had ▁initially ▁been ▁in effect ive , ▁ultimately ▁leading ▁to ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁German ▁cities , ▁the ▁critics ▁noted ▁the ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁German ▁civ ili ans , ▁mostly ▁old ▁men , ▁women ▁and ▁children ▁were ▁coll ater al ▁damage , ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁deliber ate ▁campaign . The ▁Val our ▁and ▁the ▁Hor ror ▁series ▁became ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁an ▁inqu iry ▁by ▁the ▁Senate ▁of ▁Canada , ▁with ▁the ▁sub - comm ittee ▁that ▁review ed ▁the ▁veter an ' s ▁claims , ▁con cluding , ▁ ▁"... ▁that ▁the ▁critic isms ▁level led ▁at ▁' The ▁Val our ▁and ▁the ▁Hor ror ' ▁are , ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁legit imate . ▁Sim ply ▁put , ▁although ▁the ▁film m akers ▁have ▁a ▁right ▁to ▁their ▁point ▁of ▁view , ▁they ▁have ▁failed ▁to ▁present ▁that ▁point ▁of ▁view ▁with ▁any ▁degree ▁of ▁accuracy