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Old 29th Nov 2006, 08:24
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Bloody amazes me that even 60 years after the war we have yet to honour some of the bravest men to fight in it. Who climbed into their Lancs/Halifax's/Wellingtons/Stirlings etc throughout the war most nights and held a rigid course all the way into the heartland of the enemy and back. Suffering the worse losses of any force. And we have yet to give a specific medal for it.

But what does the spineless left and liberal mass of this country do? They hold them with contempt, they try to ignore the huge sacrifice and the effort these people gave.

A war in which only combatants get killed is very rare and nigh on impossible. Bomber command was a means to an end, it was a huge propoganda tool and it even started to turn the tide of the war in the later stages. As soon as the first bombs fell on German soil it signalled to the Nazi's that Britain meant business. How long would the war have lasted without the efforts of Bomber Command and the 8th Army Air Force? Long enough for the V2 force to have a far bigger effect on the UK? Long enough for the heavy water technology to be perfected? Long enough for Jets to be made reliable?

Liberals? I sh1t em.