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Offline fffreeze220

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« on: July 24, 2003, 04:19:02 AM »
Today 60 Years ago "Operation Gomorrha" startet. It rained bombs for 10 days on Hamburg. 20.000 killed in 1 nite. The goal was to vipe Hamburg from the map.
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2003, 04:48:21 AM »
Was that the first 1000-plane raid?
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Offline _Schadenfreude_

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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2003, 05:08:43 AM »
Yes think so - chosen because it was on the coast and could be found by Bomber Command.
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Offline Furball

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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2003, 05:12:02 AM »
nah, first 1,000 bomber raid was on Cologne in May 1942, second being against Essen a month later.
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« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2003, 08:11:13 AM »
come a long ways in 60 years ... never get away with that today - though if we had, we wouldn't be losing a GI a day in Iraq..
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« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2003, 08:23:40 AM »
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come a long ways in 60 years ... never get away with that today - though if we had, we wouldn't be losing a GI a day in Iraq..


Damn, at least put the bait on a line...letting it sink to the bottom makes it too obvious. :)
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« Reply #6 on: July 24, 2003, 11:15:51 AM »
true eagler, today it would just take 1 missile or a/c instead :)
« Last Edit: July 24, 2003, 02:43:58 PM by Furball »
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2003, 02:44:31 PM »
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Like in 1945 you mean?


sorry, mistyped what i meant, i just edited :)
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Offline Mathman

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« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2003, 11:48:43 PM »
Isn't Gomorrha that giant turtle that flew and shot fire out its butt?
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Offline GRUNHERZ

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« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2003, 11:54:13 PM »
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Originally posted by fffreeze220
Today 60 Years ago "Operation Gomorrha" startet. It rained bombs for 10 days on Hamburg. 20.000 killed in 1 nite. The goal was to vipe Hamburg from the map.


Why would the Luftwaffe do such a thing?
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Offline Montezuma

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« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2003, 11:59:14 PM »
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The goal was to vipe Hamburg from the map.



The American goal was the Klockner(?) aero engine factory and the Bloom and Voss yards, not the city.
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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2003, 01:02:51 AM »
I mourn for those who died in the raid on Hamburg. I've read the accounts.

http://www.valourandhorror.com/BC/Raids/Firebomb1.htm

Still, I can't imagine the horror of dying or even surviving such a terrible assault.

I hope such never happens again. To anyone ... for any reason.
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« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2003, 01:11:26 AM »
"Sow the wind..."

It was an awful war all the way around.
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Offline Frogm4n

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« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2003, 01:48:52 AM »
i think mathman is on to something. maybe what really happened was that the scientists got that giant turtle that shoots fire out of its bellybutton to burn the city into the ground in exchange for more sweet sweet radiocative lettice
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« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2003, 03:17:18 AM »
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"Sow the wind..."

It was an awful war all the way around.

And the English were just as bad as the Germans, or even worse, when it comes to this particular method of butchering civilians...

Well, at least the Germans dont put up statues over their butchers, so I guess there has been some progress there at least.
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