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Old 27-03-18, 07:41
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Originally Posted by Mike Kelly View Post
Harris did try to persuade the Americans to come in on the Berlin bombing but they refused.
They weren't so shy when it came to bombing the Japanese capital. LeMay's B29s in one night burned out 16 square miles of Tokyo. This would have been predominently residential area.
As in Sherman's march to the sea it was done in the hope of ending the bloody affair. Justified? I'll not sit in judgement.

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