Bombing Terrorism Out Of Existence
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If Israel’s neighbors don’t recognize Israel, I’m not going to refer to Palestine. The Ottamans actually existed.
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It wasn’t his idea. Sorry.
Regardless, you stated that the US stuck to daylight bombing. At minimum, you’ve admitted this wasn’t true in the pacific.
I’m just informing you we chose to do it in Europe as well.
Again, you claimed Churchill was a war criminal for executing OUR ideas.
I’m just informing you we chose to do it in Europe as well.
Again, you claimed Churchill was a war criminal for executing OUR ideas.
Wrong. Sir Arthur Harris was given the greenlight to conduct his idea of saturation bombing in 1942 because precision bombing wasn't cutting it. Remember the introduction of the Lancaster bomber?
You do know that Harris wrote a book detailing his actions, right? It's called Bomber Offensive (1947). Here's the link...
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Sir Arthur Harris also specifically was not interested in military targets so much as wholesale saturation bombing to kill ANYONE.
The US Army Air Force, stuck to dialight bombing strategic targets, during the run up to D-Day, US bomber command briefly went in on the terror bombing per limey doctrine but soon abandoned as they realized killing civilians & the odd out military personnel was not going out help on June 6th.
A higher ranked US officer said something like "since we are bombing cities indiscriminately to kill whomever we can, then why don't we just shoot anyone attempting to surrender on the ground." "it is the exact same strategy." Read "Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945," nice book about this subject.
"The Japanese were an entirely different story because of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The enmity felt for them as a country/citizenry was elevated way past revenge & most ordinary Americans wanted them punished to the max. So killing 100,000+ in one night of firebombing Tokyo wasn't a big deal at the time.
One of the interesting facts about the preparation for D-Day is that the US army air force was forbidden to bomb parallel to the landing zones on the coast because of AA. So basically they would come in over the ocean dropping bombs trying to hit targets flying perpendicular to said targets. As was seen at Omaha it was a colossal mistake that led to many unnecessary casualties.
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