Did anyone see the documentary on the destruction of Coventry last night on BBC2?(pic attached)
Some amazing footage, however Hamburg and Dresden suffered much worse later on! Must have been sheer terror!
Did anyone see the documentary on the destruction of Coventry last night on BBC2?(pic attached)
Some amazing footage, however Hamburg and Dresden suffered much worse later on! Must have been sheer terror!
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
Yea , i`ve seen that doc. before , nothing nice about air raids over cities !!
cheers Al
Hi Wolfy , i`ll look out for it , from what i know and have read about Dresden , what happened there doesn`t sit comfortably with me shall i say ! ,
cheers Al
Didn't Arthur Harris say, "They have sown the wind, and now shall reap the whirlwind."? Well, he got that right, didn't he?
Ned.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Would the Germans have done the same as Dresden in 1940/41 had they the numbers and aircraft types available???? One for the theoriests that !!!
Hi gent`s , i wasn`t making a political statement there , i feel sorry for all nations civilians who were caught up in air raids !
cheers Al
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