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Offline SysError

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Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« on: February 13, 2015, 05:38:13 AM »
I think people will be discussing Dresden/Cologne 100 years from now.  Wikipedia states that there were 262 air raids on Cologne during WWII.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-31449507

Anyone read Slaughterhouse-Five?

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Offline Rich46yo

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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2015, 07:47:09 AM »
Quote from: SysError on February 13, 2015, 05:38:13 AM
I think people will be discussing Dresden/Cologne 100 years from now.  Wikipedia states that there were 262 air raids on Cologne during WWII.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-31449507

Anyone read Slaughterhouse-Five?



Hardly a Historical account.
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2015, 08:20:29 AM »
Quote from: Rich46yo on February 13, 2015, 07:47:09 AM
Hardly a Historical account.

I do not think that it was meant to be.  I think that in around 3 minutes they provided a good overview of the reason(s) for the bombings and some impressions of participants on both sides of event.  I thought that they did a good job.   :old:

 

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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2015, 10:27:47 AM »
Quote from: SysError on February 13, 2015, 05:38:13 AM
I think people will be discussing Dresden/Cologne 100 years from now.  Wikipedia states that there were 262 air raids on Cologne during WWII.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-31449507

Anyone read Slaughterhouse-Five?



Slaughterhouse-Five...one of my favorite all time books!
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2015, 11:50:53 AM »
Quote from: SysError on February 13, 2015, 08:20:29 AM
I do not think that it was meant to be.  I think that in around 3 minutes they provided a good overview of the reason(s) for the bombings and some impressions of participants on both sides of event.  I thought that they did a good job.   :old:


It was about as legit as Catch 22. An anti-war movie based on mostly fiction.

At least History has finally admitted it was a legitimate target and revised the death toll to more realistic numbers.

It was a terrible moment in History.
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2015, 12:01:41 PM »
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2015, 12:29:38 PM »
Quote from: Rich46yo on February 13, 2015, 11:50:53 AM
At least History has finally admitted it was a legitimate target and revised the death toll to more realistic numbers.

Who is this guy named "History"?
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Offline PR3D4TOR

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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2015, 01:02:30 PM »
"Legitimate target"

There is no legitimacy in the deliberate slaughter of civilians. No matter the politics, race, religion or the actions of the enemy. No matter the outcome of the war. Killing defenseless men, women and children is pure evil regardless of the rationale behind it. Regardless of how and where and why they are killed. Pure evil.
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2015, 01:23:45 PM »
Why will they be talking about Dresden in 100 years time?

This is the reason for bombing of German cities:

They tried to terror bomb Britain by orders of Adolf Hitler.

They put children in ovens

The Allies punished them for their crimes

DONT YOU ALL START WITH KAK ABOUT ETHICS,

Tattooing numbers on babies arms what society stoops to such deparvity?

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Offline Zimme83

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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2015, 01:26:12 PM »
Even Churchill thougth it was a step too far. And in feb -45 it was hard to justify bombings of that scale from a strategic standpoint.
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2015, 01:27:48 PM »
Quote from: zack1234 on February 13, 2015, 01:23:45 PM
Why will they be talking about Dresden in 100 years time?

This is the reason for bombing of German cities:

They tried to terror bomb Britain by orders of Adolf Hitler.

They put children in ovens

The Allies punished them for their crimes

DONT YOU ALL START WITH KAK ABOUT ETHICS,

Tattooing numbers on babies arms what society stoops to such deparvity?



But really. punishing people that killed innocent people by killing other innocent people isnt very contructive.
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #11 on: February 13, 2015, 01:34:54 PM »
Quote from: zack1234 on February 13, 2015, 01:23:45 PM
Why will they be talking about Dresden in 100 years time?

This is the reason for bombing of German cities:

They tried to terror bomb Britain by orders of Adolf Hitler.

They put children in ovens

The Allies punished them for their crimes

DONT YOU ALL START WITH KAK ABOUT ETHICS,

Tattooing numbers on babies arms what society stoops to such deparvity?




I wonder if anyone has asked an Auschwitz survivor if burning all those people alive in German cities made a difference, and if they thought it was justified. Indeed, what society stoops to such depravity?
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2015, 01:36:04 PM »
This seems like a good thread for me to plug The Bombing of Germany (before you idiots get it locked)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HhSdn_Nso

Mandatory viewing for Aces High players.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2015, 01:37:40 PM by FLOOB »
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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2015, 02:04:28 PM »
Quote from: Zimme83 on February 13, 2015, 01:27:48 PM
But really. punishing people that killed innocent people by killing other innocent people isnt very contructive.


True, true.  But that's what war involves.  No soldier has a particular gripe against the soldier on the other side.

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Re: Dresden bombing marked 70 years on
« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2015, 02:12:48 PM »
No that's not that war involves. That's what war crimes involves. Deliberately killing civilians is not war. It's murder.
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