German Bombers

[Stratobat]

I gotta read "Mein Kampf" by Adolph hitler. Most people find that kindof strange!

I saw a copy of it a few months back, but it was in German

Another good book is Rommel by Desmond Young. I don't think it's available in book stores anymore though, but you might get lucky if you hit bookshops that deal in second-hand books.

Regards,
Stratobat

[randombeaner]

[quote]Don't go too far out of your way to get Destruction of Dresden.

[Hagar]

Hagar,

Do you have the ISBN number for that book, I went to the site in your link, but the ISBN number wasn't listed.

Regards,
Stratobat

Sorry, I hadn't noticed that. Here's the details on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/185326699X/104-8940944-1045538?v=glance#product-details

I was thinking of reading Mein Kampf myself some time if I can find an English translation. I expect it to be hard going. Although it was required reading & most families in Nazi Germany had a copy I heard that very few had actually read it or got through the first few pages.

I'm rather tired of these revisionists rewriting history to suit their own agendas. A bomber crew on either side would bomb whichever target they were told to without question. Whether they would actually hit that target is debatable. They did this in the full knowledge that the odds were against them coming back home - many didn't. War is absolute & many terrible things are done by both sides. The older I get the more I hate the idea of it.

RAF Bomber Command & its commander Arthur "Bomber" Harris were vilified after WWII as a result of his area bombing tactics. It's the only service for which a campaign medal was never awarded.

PS. I believe that the London Blitz & the Allied bombing of German cities during WWII proved conclusively that bombing has little effect on public morale, in fact it increases hatred & resistance.

[Stratobat]

Thanks, Hagar

RAF Bomber Command & its commander Arthur "Bomber" Harris were vilified after WWII as a result of his area bombing tactics.

I'm guessing the same people who vilified him after the war were his greatest fans during the war!

Regards,
Stratobat

[ATI_7500]

Was the bombing of Dresden really necessary? No. They didn't hit a single military target (they even didn't intend to!), but killed thousands of inhabitants and refugees. And that at a time when the Reich had already lost the war.

I wonder if the bombings could have been stopped if Galland got the permission for the "big hit".

[randombeaner]

I was thinking of reading Mein Kampf myself some time if I can find an English translation. I expect it to be hard going.

not at all amazon.com starting from 8 bucks
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0395925037/qid=1094947305/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-2753162-7534230?v=glance&s=books

and while your at it check this collection out
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/2BAHW4UPHAZ4G/qid%3D1087349778/sr%3D18-1/ref%3Dsr%5F18%5F1/103-2753162-7534230

hmm not shure if they ship to "Cloud Cuckoo Land"  ;D

[mosquito633]

A fantastic book u must read is.. Fatherland by Robert Harris... its fantastic.. NOt much to do with planes but a superb book.