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Old 27th Nov 2006, 23:47
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Genghis the Engineer
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I've met and spoken (in Dresden) to people who were around when that happened, as well as having seen what is left of the damage, and the amount of rebuilding that was needed.

I've met and spoken to RAF crews from that period, and heard a fair bit of their story.

So far as I can tell, they were all decent people, who went through hell because of what other people decided.

Both their stories, I'd argue, need telling. Personally, I've never felt that I was kept in the dark about what the bomber crews went through - but when I heard and saw what my country had done to Dresden I was shocked.

As I don't get Sky or Cable, I'll miss this, but personally I think that they have every good reason to tell the story, with every sympathy to the Germans.

The sacrifice that allied Bomber crews went through deserves marking but is not, I'd argue, any reason to not openly discuss the damage they did, or the reasons why.

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