Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
I guess the thinking back then was very different, was Churchill a war criminal, ? maybe, but hitler was a monster, I guess we needed just as big a monster to stand up to him, ww2, was total war, the dropping of the nuclear bombs although terrible served two perposes, the Americans in the Pacific faced heavy casualties in each battle for the Japanese held islands, as they advanced further to japan these casualties grew, the Japanese mindset was to never surrender, and the inevitable assault on mainland japan would have resulted in possibly millions of military and civilian casualties, Truman ordered the dropping of these bombs to shorten the war and save more allied personnel, yes these weapons were terrible, the world knew the devastation caused by these bombs, in later years , both the east and the west knew what would happen if either side used them, after witnessing the carnage of Hiroshima and Nagasaki..Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Instead of just singling out Churchill let,s look at some other s, Earl Haig, Erich Ludendorff, Marshal Foch, Field Marshall Hindenburg, General Pershing. Did not they too make dreadful errors that cost many lives? I suggest you read The Military History of WW1 by David Gibbons.Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Re: A take on Winston Churchill
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