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> ". The UK was very much on the defensive" By bombing Hamburg or Dresden and deliberately targeting civilians? Even France, Belgium or the Netherlands were b
by JPLeRouzic 3y ago
> ". The UK was very much on the defensive"
By bombing Hamburg or Dresden and deliberately targeting civilians?
Even France, Belgium or the Netherlands were bombed.
They even bombed their own troops during Operation Overlord!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_Wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Bezuidenhout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_the_Bezuidenhout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II#cite_ref-45 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_in_World_War_II#cite_r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Normandy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Normandy
https://www.wiki-rennes.fr/Bombardements_des_9_et_12_juin_1944 https://www.wiki-rennes.fr/Bombardements_des_9_et_12_juin_19...
- tekla 3y agoYes. You can be on the defensive and still bomb enemy positions
- Aloha 3y agoAs I point out in a parallel comment - By 1943 the Germans had mostly successfully moved their production to small workshops, which were often in cities. Essentially providing a justification why any civilian population center was also a valid military target.
- kouru225 3y agoYes. What did you want them to do? Deescalate? England’s absurd attempts to deescalate in response to Hitler’s aggression was what made WW2 a war in the first place.