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Originally Posted by dyna mo
that's not what happened. hindsight is 20-20, you are making the honest mistake junior historians make, you are looking at the past through rose colored glasses of the current.
proper recounting of history requires you look at the events in the light of the times of the event. and the fact is civilian targets were fair game in ww2. we tried it the other way when we 1st entered the war, but that didn't work. we didn't start it, we weren't the only ones, all sides did it.
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Just curious if you have seen the series by Nial Ferguson "war of the worlds"? its a 6 part series so is a little long but since you have a degree in military history and have an interest in it I wonder what you make of it, he goes over many of your points. If you haven't seen it It's a good watch on the nature of the 20th century conflicts.
heres a link to the youtube playlist if your looking for something to watch.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=q5AbQ...6CE7D51E1F77B5