it was a great plane, no doubt
but its tonnage of bombs dropped was dwarfed by the mass raids of lancasters and halifaxes which Harris favoured. It was churchill that took the decision in 1940 to start bombing civilian centres of population, with the justification that it would divert enemy resources to defending what in effect amounted to terror raids. And while mosquitos were more precise, the heavies spread their shit everywhere. they were still using bomb sights from the first war. anyway, I'm probably not telling you anything you both didn't know already. had an uncle who was a massive war buff, interesting bloke to chat to, and a bit of that interest in ww2 rubbed off on me, fnar fnar.
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 23 Jun 2021, 23:31,
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i was interested to try and find out who directly targeted civilians first in WW2. i will go with Britannica on this one - "The Blitz, (September 7, 1940–May 11, 1941), intense bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against the United Kingdom during World War II. For eight months the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on London and other strategic cities across Britain."
Although not correct if you take into account that Poland got a taste first in 1939 with some cities 100% flattened. Another rabbit hole i wish i hadn't gone down. Grim as f***
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Hummel Who died and made you....oh wait...., Thu 24 Jun 2021, 18:09,
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