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England and US carries the crown of the barbarism on this subject. And now the state of Israel. Check for names Frederick Lindemann, Arthur "Bomber" Harris and

by aaa_aaa 6mo ago

England and US carries the crown of the barbarism on this subject. And now the state of Israel. Check for names Frederick Lindemann, Arthur "Bomber" Harris and Sir Hugh Trenchard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehousing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehousing

Ylpertnodi 6mo ago
> England and US carries the crown of the barbarism... Germany played a part. Snark aside, v1's and 2's weren't exactly 'targetted'.
- graemep 6mo ago
  Dehousing was also inspired by the effects of German bombing of the UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehousing#Production_and_contents_of_dehousing_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehousing#Production_and_conte...
- aaa_aaa 6mo ago
  These decisions precedes the extensive use of V1 and V2, also volume and scale matters. Thats why they got the crown.
  - hermitcrab 6mo ago
    London, Bristol, Southampton, Coventry and various other English cities were heavily bombed by Germany before the UK's major bomber offensive on Germany.
    - aaa_aaa 6mo ago
      Please provide source. V2 rockets used in 1944.
      - hermitcrab 6mo ago
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz
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