26-03-2019, 04:25 PM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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Those cities were strategic targets in which civilian casualties were collateral damage.If the Luftwaffe had started fire storms over places such as Stratford on Avon then there might be justification for the deliberate targeting of civilian population centres that Churchill and Awful (Arthur) Harris promoted - but such was not the case.
British war crimes conducted by British war criminals.
And so was Dresden!.
Dresden was in Nazi Germany and we were at war with Nazi Germany and therefore it was a legitimate target. It was also to show the Russians of the almighty power the Allies had, as a warning not to stray from the agreement they had signed at the War Conference.
Sad, but remember, 25,000 dead in Dresden, 32,000 dead in London alone.
War, unfortunately, was War.
26-03-2019, 08:57 PM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by shropshiregirl
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And so was Dresden!.Dresden was in Nazi Germany and we were at war with Nazi Germany and therefore it was a legitimate target. It was also to show the Russians of the almighty power the Allies had, as a warning not to stray from the agreement they had signed at the War Conference.
Sad, but remember, 25,000 dead in Dresden, 32,000 dead in London alone.
War, unfortunately, was War.
The purpose of the Geneva conventions is to ensure that injury to noncombatants is kept to a minimum.
26-03-2019, 10:37 PM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The Geneva Conventions were established and agreed to by all sides in the European theatre of war.The purpose of the Geneva conventions is to ensure that injury to noncombatants is kept to a minimum.
27-03-2019, 08:08 AM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The Geneva Conventions were established and agreed to by all sides in the European theatre of war.The purpose of the Geneva conventions is to ensure that injury to noncombatants is kept to a minimum.
Errrmmm - how do account for the Nazi murder of Prisoners of war (covered by the Geneva Convention hmmm ???
How do account for the murder of innocent civilians in Czechoslovakia at a nice little town called Lidice hmmm???
And lets not forget all the innocent civilians rounded up and transported to the death camps hmmm??
27-03-2019, 11:55 AM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by JBR
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It's OK, everyone. All has been clarified.In short:
It was fine for Germany to bomb our cities, but we should never have bombed theirs.
Simple logic!
27-03-2019, 11:57 AM
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Re: A take on Winston Churchill
Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Errrmmm - how do account for the Nazi murder of Prisoners of war (covered by the Geneva Convention hmmm ???How do account for the murder of innocent civilians in Czechoslovakia at a nice little town called Lidice hmmm???
And lets not forget all the innocent civilians rounded up and transported to the death camps hmmm??
But these things were war crimes and were prosecuted at Nuremberg.
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