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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

10th Dec 2009, 04:41

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Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

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Posted By FlightlessParrot

@Blacksheep: I said 'subscribed' to the...

@Blacksheep:
I said 'subscribed' to the belief in strategic bombing, precisely because Harris didn't make it up. Two organisations that didn't act on that belief were the Luftwaffe and the Soviet...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Dec 2009, 23:26

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

Views: 28,783

Posted By FlightlessParrot

Can I try a bit of nuance? It seems...

Can I try a bit of nuance?

It seems generally agreed that the democracies believed deliberate bombing of civilians was unethical, and the British Cabinet knew they might be accounted war...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Dec 2009, 21:18

Replies: 97

Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris - Butch or Butcher?

Views: 28,783

Posted By FlightlessParrot

I think it's Taylor's book that claims that the...

I think it's Taylor's book that claims that the loss of life in Dresden was exaggerated by the East German authorities, as part of Cold War propaganda. People know about Dresden and Hiroshima, not...

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