tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post2280391036006858194..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Interesting HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-17066509989880773182013-05-10T07:39:42.670-06:002013-05-10T07:39:42.670-06:00Did you know that the policy of the English govern...<i>Did you know that the policy of the English governement in WWI was total war on the German civilian population?</i><br /><br />I've been watching Ken Burns "The War" on Netflix. That was their attitude during WWII also. The Americans were trying to hit industrial targets during the day and failing. The average airman lasted 15 missions and a tour of duty was 25. The British were simply night bombing cities. Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-50854206089503534002013-05-09T13:53:48.480-06:002013-05-09T13:53:48.480-06:00I agree.
Did you know that the policy of the Engl...I agree.<br /><br />Did you know that the policy of the English governement in WWI was total war on the German civilian population? That's why the germans started sinking every boat on the ocean.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-73998251191442515332013-05-09T11:57:39.411-06:002013-05-09T11:57:39.411-06:00I guess my philosophy is that war is bad. We have...I guess my philosophy is that war is bad. We have put rules in place to make war more civilized, but the enemy doesn't care sometimes. It is difficult to put men in that kind of environment and then ask them to show restraint in certain situations. I think we do well at this most of the time, but when people fail it is understandable. It takes a huge toll on a person. You have to expect people to lose their way morally once in awhile or flip out and machine gun the wrong people. <br /><br />It happens at the higher levels too. We couldn't hit what we were aiming at with the bombers and our losses were heavy so we firebombed civilians instead. Both in Europe and Japan. Tens of thousands of civilians died at a time. Can you blame them when we were losing 600 men every time the bombers went out? Probably can blame them, but we won so nobody will.Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-74056053016516165262013-05-09T10:48:27.186-06:002013-05-09T10:48:27.186-06:00"I don't judge them at all."
I wasn..."I don't judge them at all."<br /><br />I wasn't trying to say you were. One of the problems I have with the made for TV history shows is when they do this with out even thinking about why whatever happened, happened.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-2091959877694627822013-05-09T08:40:29.740-06:002013-05-09T08:40:29.740-06:00I don't judge them at all. As you said, the j...I don't judge them at all. As you said, the japs had different ideas. Our guys surrendered thinking they'd be treated well. They weren't. They wouldn't surrender because of their honor and the belief they wouldn't be treated well.<br /><br />And we didn't fall as low as the Japs. They literally killed and ate our pilots.<br /><br />Was watching the Civil War documentary and they showed pictures from Andersonville.<br /><br /><br /><br />Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-33157646717928371122013-05-08T12:59:25.156-06:002013-05-08T12:59:25.156-06:00The thing that sticks most in my mind about those ...The thing that sticks most in my mind about those stories is that our boys went off to war thinking that there were rules of conduct and honor. They believed that because of the stories they read as kids or becuase of what they were told about WWI or the civil war, etc. Then they went up against the Japs. The japs had a different idea of what honor in war ment. <br /><br />Our men started fighting and behaving JUST LIKE the Japs they were fighting. Which ment they killed everyone fighting against them. Now we want to judge them by a standard of behavior that simply didn't apply in that time and place.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-2951677028311409552013-05-08T12:48:30.695-06:002013-05-08T12:48:30.695-06:00I've been reading a lot of that stuff too.
W...I've been reading a lot of that stuff too. <br /><br />Watching WWII documentaries about our guys not taking any prisoners. We treated the Japanese like subhumans. The Japs acted like subhumans. <br /><br />Giraffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556306156373942923noreply@blogger.com