Origanally posted by Angus Who were the allies fighting? What were their losses while at it?
Nothing compareable to i.e. the fights the USA is doing today I'm afraid.
WW2 ended in a total war. Pancaking Berlin was one thing. Pancaking Dresden was one thing. Setting Hamburg as well as Tokyo ablaze was one thing.
Bear in mind that it was a return, since the Axis started the methods already in September 1939.
From the high command view on the W-allied side, looking into their information, the Nazis had to be stopped. Precision bombing had been applied, but with insufficint effects. The Nazis themselves had however demonstrated how area bombing could buckle a nation.
Had they mercy? Well, for the Germans as folks, not much. It was a "Me or You" situation.
As for the Russians, they were not a part of the Geneva convention, so from day one in the eastern front, the Germans treated the Russians as a butcher does his cattle. They got it in return, - well, the Geneva convention works both ways.
So, - raising sticks, or not, - or having one, - all makes a difference. In war, we do indeed have a demonstration of victors who behaved better than the conquered ones, which actually started the fight with absolute brutality.
That is history, and to honour the slain we should learn from it.
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I highlighted the part where you yourself have said that I am right.
LS, The whole problem is, is that it is not a
nation that is being fought, but a belief.
