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Old 10th Jul 2015, 10:01
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TorqueOfTheDevil
 
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the Battle of Germany enabled victory in 1945
I don't think that the one could follow the other.
How on earth can you justify these statements? What facts suggest that the Combined Bomber Offensive (and I would suggest that the Americans' contribution to it was more valuable, given their focus on German industry) did anything to enable victory? I would agree that bombing shortened the European war (hard to say by how much, but certainly less than a year) but enabling victory? Not a chance. Next you'll be saying that D-Day was essential to defeating Nazi Germany as well...

The 55,573 dead of Bomber Command deserve better of their country
On this we can agree - both those who died and those who survived displayed amazing courage and determination to carry out their orders in the face of terrifying odds. Whether the orders given were sensible or useful is a different matter.
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