Research IV - Boom: World War II

[Hagar]

Exploder. I don't think anyone is deliberately ignoring the raids on Germany which were indeed terrible. I'm trying to correct what seems a common misapprehension about the scale of the Blitz & its effects on the civil population. It's been proven time after time that bombing alone would not have defeated Britain or any other country. Even the Blitzkreig tactics used by the Luftwaffe depended on swift ground backup for their success.

I abhor any type of mass bombing of civilian targets as I don't think it achieves anything. Even after those terrible firestorms in Hamburg & elsewhere in Germany, I think I've read that life carried on & the morale of the civil population was not affected as much as had been thought. Forgive me if Im wrong.

[Smoke2much]

That's very good of you Jim.  To ressurect a thread just to apologise.  Nice one.

Will

[ATI_7500]

well,you're not wrong.
i just said this for making you look on the other side of this issue,too,because otherwise there's the danger of getting a wrong impression of it.
whatever,i'm glad you don't misunderstand.

[Hagar]

well,you're not wrong.
i just said this for making you look on the other side of this issue,too,because otherwise there's the danger of getting a wrong impression of it.
whatever,i'm glad you don't misunderstand.

I always try to see things from both points of view. When delving for the truth it's sometimes difficult to avoid appearing unsympathetic or thoughtless, even after all this time. It might interest you to know that the cities of Coventry & Dresden have been twinned since 1956. The people of both cities suffered terribly in the name of each other's countries in WWII. Now they are friends, each in a unique position to understand what the other went through.
http://www.cwn.org.uk/politics/coventry-city-council/press-releases/9902/990210-dresden.htm

[Smoke2much]

I think it's fair to say Bjorn that if the combined might of the US, Russia and Germany had invaded us we wouldn't have lasted, especially after 6 years of constant conflict.  Hagar has said it all really and I don't wish to just echo what he has said.

Will

[ATI_7500]

aye,will.

oh,i didn't know about dresden and coventry. or did i? well,don't know...lol.

[WebbPA]

When you find a man who can say something like this :

"I am ready to meet my Maker.  Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

I think you have you have found the right man to lead you.  (Winston Churchill)

If you haven't listened to any of his speeches ("We will fight them on the beaches", "Never have so many owed so much to so few","This was their finest hour"... ) you can download a lot of them for free - I urge you to because the written word can not capture it.

A truly honorable man, Mr. Churchill said of his predecessor, Neville Chamberlain ("Peace in our time"), that he sought  "... the pursuit of peace, even at great peril and certainly in utter disdain of popularity or clamor."