Non-military target = war crimes
Feb 15, 2015 20:56:19 #
rodericktbeaman wrote:
I don't care how much time you've toiled in the Na... (show quote)
Just for the record, Ron. The Tripartite Pact between Japan, Germany, and Italy stated that should either country go to war w/ a nation not currently a belligerant against the other two (thus eliminating GB and France but leaving the door upen for the US & USSR) the other two countries would come to their aid. Thus, Hitler and Duce declared war on us. What historians should really ponder is what the course of history might have been if Hitler had not made such a commitment. My guess is we would have gone to war w/ Germany over their U-boat campaign since we were already in a shooting war in the Atlantic with them for the past yr and a half and the doctrine of unrestricted submarine warfare had not yet been adopted by the US Navy. Once it did, the gloves came off and we did the very same thing U-boat command was doing...mostly in the Pacific since the German mechant marine was bottled up in the Baltic by the Royal Navy.
Feb 15, 2015 21:29:16 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
Let's hope we never see the likes of it again. Socialism, in its various permutations, led countries to destroy 150 million of their own citizens.
Feb 15, 2015 21:32:55 #
crazylibertarian
Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island
It was my impression that Germany,Japan & Italy would each come to the aid of any one of the others who was attacked. Japan was not attacked, ergo neither Hitler no Mussolini was required to join Japan. That was the version I read in a long cover story on the war in Time magazine.
Feb 15, 2015 22:00:18 #
Re the Dresden Fire Bomb raid.
During the Battle of Britain there was a time when it looked like the RAF was finished. But because Bomber Command had attcked Berlin, Hitler was infuriated and directed the Luftwaffe to cease attacking RAF airfields and instead, go after the cities. This gave Fighter Command the respite it needed albeit at the expense of some British cities and their unarmed civilian populace. Sound familiar? This is known as The Blitz. Fires burned continually in London. Those of us who are old enough remember Edward R. Murrow reporting on the air during such a raid. This bombing of cities--or "Terror bombing" as it was sometimes referred to--was part of Douhet's theory on air war. He believed if you bombed the civilian populace long and hard enough they would rise up and demand their gov't sue for peace. Thus the belief that in the next war air power alone could win a war and hence, no need for ground forces except as occupiers. And the only way to successfully implement this theory was if each nation had an independent air force free from control of grd force "hide-bound" generals...like those in the US Army. Thus the RAF and Luftwaffe came into being but no USAF until 1947.
The RAF recuperated and the Battle of Britain was won. Hitler abandoned his plans to invade England.
The precedent for attacking cities and their unarmed civilian populace was established. The Germans have no b***h coming.
During the Battle of Britain there was a time when it looked like the RAF was finished. But because Bomber Command had attcked Berlin, Hitler was infuriated and directed the Luftwaffe to cease attacking RAF airfields and instead, go after the cities. This gave Fighter Command the respite it needed albeit at the expense of some British cities and their unarmed civilian populace. Sound familiar? This is known as The Blitz. Fires burned continually in London. Those of us who are old enough remember Edward R. Murrow reporting on the air during such a raid. This bombing of cities--or "Terror bombing" as it was sometimes referred to--was part of Douhet's theory on air war. He believed if you bombed the civilian populace long and hard enough they would rise up and demand their gov't sue for peace. Thus the belief that in the next war air power alone could win a war and hence, no need for ground forces except as occupiers. And the only way to successfully implement this theory was if each nation had an independent air force free from control of grd force "hide-bound" generals...like those in the US Army. Thus the RAF and Luftwaffe came into being but no USAF until 1947.
The RAF recuperated and the Battle of Britain was won. Hitler abandoned his plans to invade England.
The precedent for attacking cities and their unarmed civilian populace was established. The Germans have no b***h coming.
Feb 15, 2015 23:05:12 #
Mr Shako wrote:
The 20th Century is the century of total war. We m... (show quote)
And it is a pleasure when people get carried away when they know what they are talking about, instead of those who get carried away spouting their anti-American propaganda. Thank you!
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Feb 15, 2015 23:14:18 #
Mollypitcher1 wrote:
And it is a pleasure when people get carried away when they know what they are talking about, instead of those who get carried away spouting their anti-American propaganda. Thank you!
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And thank you for your kind words.
Feb 15, 2015 23:20:49 #
Mr Shako wrote:
And thank you for your kind words.
I have two favorite airplanes, the French SPAD S XIII and the P-51. I always go to every Airshow that comes around the corner just to see once again the P51. Kinda gotta like the A 10 too.
Thanks again Mr. Shako.
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