RAF Bomber crews remembered. Better late than never.

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Originally Posted by bongodriver

I specifically asked you not to give details, I just wanted the yes or no kind of answer, there is no deflection going on here...well from you there is.

you made a statement...

And I answered

Nitpicking and distraction, Bongo.
That was it's main emphasies. While in other branches the killing of civilians was indeed mostly collateral, sometimes delibaretly, no other "regular" military branch of any nation was so preoccupied with killing civilians as it's main operational goal over such a long period of time. At least none that I know of.

Now you can point out to the various NAZI organisations, but as I said before, be careful with what kind of organisations you want the comparison.

Originally Posted by bongodriver

and I was intrigued by what exactly you were asking us to 'chew' over, the claim not a single German military branch being created solely to kill civillians on a massive scale was highlighted, on a thread about bomber command, who did kill civillians and it sounded just like you were claiming that bomber command was an example of what you were asking us to 'chew' over.
To be honest I could have queried the strange disassociation of the Nazis, almost like you were brushing it under the carpet, but as I recall the Nazis were from Germany and did create some particularily nasty military units.

And you understood that quite correctly. And yes, the Nazis did create some particulary nasty military Units. Amongst those were the Waffen SS. Those guys commited some much more hideous crimes then the ones already occuring in a total war environment.

I think you understand perfectly what I say, Bongo. I am saying that the UK in some areas employed tactics and methods also employed by Nazi Germany in the field of war crimes. And the problem is not so much that they did it in the first place, but the staunch refusal to see it as what it ultimately was, especially in late 44/45.