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Originally Posted by Kurfürst
Uhm, it was Britain who did declare war on Germany, refused German peace offers during the war (several times in fact), and it was Britain who started bombing German cities.
To put it like the poor British were 'forced' to fight back against an agression is pure BS.
They had a choice in the matter. It was the Brits who choose war, and it was the Brits to choose to wage that war by targetting the enemy cities and civillian population itself.
Don't blame it anyone else. Britain was not 'attacked' and Britain was not fighting 'back'. Britain wanted to fight and it wanted to fight in this rather dirty way. At least be a man about it.
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Incredible bit of revisionism there. At the very best Hitler's aggression towards Poland could be filed under miscalculation - i.e. Germany attacked with full knowledge of Britain's commitment to come to Poland's aid. Thinking you can get away with your latest subjugation of another country without causing a third party to intervene hardly qualifies for the Nobel Peace prize in my book.
As for 'refusing German peace offers', thank God they did.
Presumably the invasion of Russia in 1941 is another example of peace-loving Germany's harmless intentions - or maybe you can manufacture an alternate history justification for that one too? (and i don't consider 'They were Commies, they had it coming' to be adequate justification)
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Originally Posted by Kurfürst
Uhm, they didn't. They had quite a serious bomber force and in fact dropped more bombs until about the end of 1943 than the RAF and USAF combined.
The difference was not capacity, but doctrine. Germany did not have 'bomber barons'. They didn't believe in terror bombings unlike Harris, save a small minority in the LW (the most vocal being v. Richthofen). Most of the German leaders, including Hitler and Goering, Speer etc. thought terror bombing is ineffective and wasteful and the bombers are to be used for better effect against the industries and operational bombing (communication and transportation). Moral reasoning hardly played a role, they simply did not believe it was worth it.
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One thing that always puzzles me amidst this high-minded moral refusal to stoop to British levels is what the German rationale was for the 'Vengeance' weapons (V1 and especially V2). Well-known for their pin-point accuracy and ability to target enemy industry with precision.
London was only spared devastating levels of destruction and civilian deaths because the Allies targeted the production facilities and launching sites and then over-ran them.
Don't even mention the possibility that they had got the A-bomb first to put atop the V2 or the next generation, but i presume some of you may have actually preferred that outcome to the historical one.
Nothing left to say here.
Too many Nazi apologists here for me as well.