Originally posted by Viking
Should Poland have surrendered before Warsaw was reduced to rubble? Should the Dutch have surrendered when the Germans approached their borders?
Britain’s armies were defeated in France and abandoned all their equipment at Dunkirk. London and many other cities burning under the Blitz. Should they have surrendered? Of course not.
FYI, Warshaw was reduced to rubble years after Poland surrendered.
(I know you are referring to the firebombing of Warshaw, but anyway
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And the Dutch affair took very little time.
As for the British, unlike Holland or Poland, they had both their Navy and the RAF, and a natural Barrier. While the Germans could indeed bomb London (at night) for 58 consecutive days, they could not expose their ships on the high seas. The British had more than just the will to fight, - they also had the potential. So, surrender was further away by logic. But they did get a better offer (Hitler's appeal to reason) than surrender. Luckily they didn't take that bait....