23 December 2006

Dresden and victor's "justice"

A new book by German Jorg Friedrich entitled The Fire: the Bombing of Germany 1940-45, a best seller for four years in Germany, has just been released in English. Its main topic is the bombing of Dresden and other German cities during World War II and raises the question of whether Churchill and "Bomber" Harris were guilty of war crimes. I intend to get a hold of the book and give it a read. I'll let you know what I think.

The war crime question needs to be seriously discussed as regards Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well.

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