Spain requests warrant for alleged Nazi war criminal
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[QUOTE=yawmwen;27463158]Do you know what those two pictures are?
First one is the firebombing of Dresden, where Allied bombers purposely targeted civilians.
Second on is firebombing of Tokyo, where Allied bombers purposely targeted civilians.
These weren't aimed to destroy industry, or destroy military installations, these were meant to kill as many innocent people as possible.[/QUOTE]
The primary Allied bombing strategy was to kill civilians. Britain and America couldn't scratch the German Army too well, so to keep what losses the Germans took irreplaceable, the option seemed obvious: eliminate potential recruits.
The Soviets also attacked German civilians, looted them, and raped women, but their reason was vengeance for how horribly the Germans treated their people, not to keep the German army small, so to them there was 'honourable justification', but an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.
[QUOTE=madmax678;27445168]I saw this thread, and i automaticly thought of the Pope
Hey look, a dumb, looks like that guy is a christan :allears:[/QUOTE]
Yeah because christians totally love the pope. And damn, those WBC are some dumbass catholics.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;27453737]But revenge IS sweet.[/QUOTE]
Go have some ice cream and leave him alone.
[QUOTE=Uncle_Earl;27464236]Yeah because christians totally love the pope. And damn, those WBC are some dumbass catholics.[/QUOTE]
What the hell are you talking about?
Don't hate the player, hate [I]the game[/I]
oh crap I didn't mean to highlight it in that way.
[QUOTE=xeonmuffin;27464295]Don't hate the player, hate [I]the game[/I]
oh crap I didn't mean to highlight it in that way.[/QUOTE]
Which I just lost.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;27463467]The primary Allied bombing strategy was to kill civilians. Britain and America couldn't scratch the German Army too well, so to keep what losses the Germans took irreplaceable, the option seemed obvious: eliminate potential recruits.
The Soviets also attacked German civilians, looted them, and raped women, but their reason was vengeance for how horribly the Germans treated their people, not to keep the German army small, so to them there was 'honourable justification', but an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.[/QUOTE]
British bombing runs, much like the German bombing runs on the UK, were mainly aimed at destroying industrial targets. In both countries, many industrial centres were also huge population centres. With the technology at the time, bombs weren't accurate, and did hit large amounts of civilian targets.
Dresden was horriffic, but the problem was that many people wanted an eye for an eye for the Germans levelling huge sections of London and other cities. That doesn't make it right, and IIRC the men who took part in the raid recieved no honours for it.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;27467569]British bombing runs, much like the German bombing runs on the UK, were mainly aimed at destroying industrial targets. In both countries, many industrial centres were also huge population centres. With the technology at the time, bombs weren't accurate, and did hit large amounts of civilian targets.
Dresden was horriffic, but the problem was that many people wanted an eye for an eye for the Germans levelling huge sections of London and other cities. That doesn't make it right, and IIRC the men who took part in the raid recieved no honours for it.[/QUOTE]
Since the German army was immensely better, the Americans and British found the perfect targets, since Germany conscripted their people ('Volkstrupen'): kill the civilians. Not only will it reduce the Wehrmacht's size, it will hurt their morale, and destroy their industry.
It was all a sick strategy.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;27467569]British bombing runs, much like the German bombing runs on the UK, were mainly aimed at destroying industrial targets. In both countries, many industrial centres were also huge population centres. With the technology at the time, bombs weren't accurate, and did hit large amounts of civilian targets.
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The V2 rocket was too inaccurate to use against military or industrial targets so the bombing runs weren't even targeting them. That was also a time when the point of the attack was to kill civilians.
[QUOTE=Gmod_Fan77;27467621]Since the German army was immensely better, the Americans and British found the perfect targets, since Germany conscripted their people ('Volkstrupen'): kill the civilians. Not only will it reduce the Wehrmacht's size, it will hurt their morale, and destroy their industry.
It was all a sick strategy.[/QUOTE]
Source on that. I am pretty sure Dresden was meant to weaken the resolve of the German people, not to kill new recruits. That isn't much of a strategy anyways, you would have to do it in a very methodical fashion in order for it to work, similar to how the Nazis did the holocaust.
Its been way to long to punish him. I really dont think he still supports hitler.
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