Information on this tragic incident is needed!

[FLYBOYJ]

Originally Posted by plan_D

If you were a B-29 bombadier over Tokyo, would you refuse to press the button to drop your load? I know I wouldn't.

I had an uncle who trained as a B-24 bombardier. I remember him telling me that members of the clergy were available for them to talk to because of their occupation and that they could transfer out at any time. Not too many people left!

[wmaxt]

One thing that was proven in WWII is that bombing of civilians does not break their morale, it never did. Eventuly it can hurts the war effort by crushing the infrastructure, food, labor supply but it's not really an effective way to fight a war.

The Japanese in WWII were cruel beyond comprehension 250,000 + Chinese were killed for reprisals after the Doolittle Raid. On the Islands in the Pacific they Encouraged/ran their own civilian/familys off the cliffs rather than let the Americans interface with them. There was no excuse for that kind of thing.

I'm very glad the world has moved beyond that kind of warfare lets hope the trend continues.

wmaxt

[Smokey]

Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet

Explain to me how bomber crews dropping bombs on a city is more horrific than a Japanese soldier raping a chinese woman right after he killed her husband for no reason at all. Or how about interning 100,000's of woman and using them as sex slaves for your soldiers and officers and then they just disappear.

Wow let me think about this one. Yeah the allies dropping bombs was far more horrific! Yeah right, give me a break!

I did'nt say that the actions of bombers crews were more horrific than the actions of some soldiers, I said they were among the most horrific. The difference is that the crews were looking at the targets from a remote distance, and could not see the horror on the ground.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

You can not compare it at all Smokey. I am sorry if you are one of those liberal people that forgets about the real attrocities and concentrates on things like this.

[Soren]

Originally Posted by FLYBOYJ

Tell that to some Japanese who today want to deny their Chinese atrocities!

Aggie has a point though...

The truth is all countries involved during WW2 made horrific atrocities. (The Soviets being the worst at it, in terms of numbers.)

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Originally Posted by Soren

(The Soviets being the worst at it, in terms of numbers.)

I dont know about that but atleast pretty damn close to it.