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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

#21 Post by Undried Plum » Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:00 am

800 or more Allied POWs died in that raid.

Nowadays it would be a War Crime. The Israelis, who famously do not adhere to the Geneva Conventions, designed and built and maintain nukes designed specifically to drop the Aswan dams.

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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

#22 Post by llondel » Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:39 am

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Tue Oct 25, 2022 6:24 am
Reminder: that bombing raid disrupted the German war effort for slightly over two weeks. Hardly a good return for the number of (British) lives lost.
The morale boost to the British people was probably worth a bit. I suspect Bomber Command lost more than that on a typical raid over Berlin, but the hard part here was that they were all skilled and experienced aircrew.

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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

#23 Post by Undried Plum » Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:24 am

llondel wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:39 am
The morale boost to the British people was probably worth a bit.
Same-same the bombing of Afghanistan/Iraq/Libya et al.

RahRahRah!

Bollocks to the victims of the bombings. We are the victors.

That's the way it works, folks.

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Re: Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

#24 Post by llondel » Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:14 pm

Undried Plum wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:24 am
llondel wrote:
Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:39 am
The morale boost to the British people was probably worth a bit.
Same-same the bombing of Afghanistan/Iraq/Libya et al.

RahRahRah!

Bollocks to the victims of the bombings. We are the victors.

That's the way it works, folks.
when I was younger I was definitely in the "Give Them Hell!" camp, but now I just see it all as a sad waste.

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