Simviation Forum - German Bombers

	Search the archive:

Simviation Main Site | Site Search | Upload Images

Simviation Forum › Real World › History › German Bombers

(Moderators: Mitch., Fly2e, ozzy72, beaky, Clipper, JBaymore, Bob70, BigTruck)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1 2

German Bombers (Read 1477 times)

Reply #15 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 1:29am

Stratobat Offline
Colonel
To fly... Or not to fly?

Posts: 1165

Quote:

I gotta read "Mein Kampf" by Adolph hitler. Most people find that kindof strange!

I saw a copy of it a few months back, but it was in German Sad

Another good book is Rommel by Desmond Young. I don't think it's available in book stores anymore though, but you might get lucky if you hit bookshops that deal in second-hand books.

Regards,
Stratobat

&&&&'If the literal sense makes good sense, seek no other sense lest you come up with nonsense'

IP Logged

Reply #16 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 1:37am

randombeaner Offline
Colonel
MMM...Beans... MMM...Doughnuts
...MMM Hilary Duff.
Sothern California, USA

Gender:
Posts: 406

Quote:

Don't go too far out of your way to get Destruction of Dresden. I have the paperback and it's not worth more than a couple of dollars.

don't worry I wouldn't. But Im just surprised how there trying to sell the same book for $65.

oh and Stratobat you can easily get Mein Kampf and Das Kapital off amazon.com. Ill check Rommel tommorrow for some reason amazon doesn't want to anymore. Ohh dinners ready!

Believe half of what you see, 1/4 of what you hear, and nothing that I say&&&&

IP Logged

Reply #17 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 2:28am

Hagar Offline
Colonel
My Spitfire Girl
Costa Geriatrica

Posts: 33159

Quote:

Hagar,

Do you have the ISBN number for that book, I went to the site in your link, but the ISBN number wasn't listed.

Regards,
Stratobat

Sorry, I hadn't noticed that. Here's the details on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/185326699X/104-8940944-1045538?v=g...

I was thinking of reading Mein Kampf myself some time if I can find an English translation. I expect it to be hard going. Although it was required reading & most families in Nazi Germany had a copy I heard that very few had actually read it or got through the first few pages.

I'm rather tired of these revisionists rewriting history to suit their own agendas. A bomber crew on either side would bomb whichever target they were told to without question. Whether they would actually hit that target is debatable. They did this in the full knowledge that the odds were against them coming back home - many didn't. War is absolute & many terrible things are done by both sides. The older I get the more I hate the idea of it.

RAF Bomber Command & its commander Arthur "Bomber" Harris were vilified after WWII as a result of his area bombing tactics. It's the only service for which a campaign medal was never awarded.

PS. I believe that the London Blitz & the Allied bombing of German cities during WWII proved conclusively that bombing has little effect on public morale, in fact it increases hatred & resistance.

Founder & Sole Member - Grumpy's Over the Hill Club for Veteran Virtual Aviators
Member of the Fox Four Group

Need help? Try Grumpy's Lair

My photo gallery

IP Logged

Reply #18 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 4:17am

Stratobat Offline
Colonel
To fly... Or not to fly?

Posts: 1165

Thanks, Hagar

Quote:

RAF Bomber Command & its commander Arthur "Bomber" Harris were vilified after WWII as a result of his area bombing tactics.

I'm guessing the same people who vilified him after the war were his greatest fans during the war!

Regards,
Stratobat

&&&&'If the literal sense makes good sense, seek no other sense lest you come up with nonsense'

IP Logged

Reply #19 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 6:42am

Exploder Ex Member

Was the bombing of Dresden really necessary? No. They didn't hit a single military target (they even didn't intend to!), but killed thousands of inhabitants and refugees. And that at a time when the Reich had already lost the war.

I wonder if the bombings could have been stopped if Galland got the permission for the "big hit".

IP Logged

Reply #20 - Sep 11^th, 2004 at 8:04pm