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It is a shock to know that the total number of civilians killed during the Dresden attacks is now calculated at 20,000. A truly remarkable revelation. Especially now, as it has been rammed down people's throats so regularly. The allied bombers acted at the behest of their political masters and have been accused of performing some dastardly act against a tyrannical regime. We even sent Andrew to apologise for the Dresden attacks.
I can remember being bombed, you do when you are young, and I always hoped then that Germany was being given some back in return. It was.
Now, we have a bunch of German historians stating a fact like that, it kinda makes the 36,000 people killed in the Blitz a bit harder to bear.
War, then as now, knows no bounds.
Now it is even more important to have the proposed memorial in Regents Park, where we can go as often as we wish - or should!
The names of the crews is important. Gordon Brown's comment that you can see them on the Armed Forces memorial was a thoughtless and altogther inappropriate remark.