The firebombings of both Dresden and Tokyo were fucked up and they weren’t legitimate military targets. That said it’s not like the Germans weren’t considering it, they just didn’t have bombers with enough range to hit London nearly as hard. Hitting civilian targets to cause demoralization was an idea created by the axis powers, the Germans firebombed allied cities first it just didn’t affect them as much. We simply accepted that was the state of modern warfare and responded appropriately. In fact I can’t think of an axis power, be it Japan, Italy or Germany, that is innocent of similar if not much worse actions in WW2
tony_countertenor on
Applies to the American civil war as well tbh
TrulyToasty on
The Italian campaign has its share of cringe moments for the Allies… bombing Monte Cassino, French colonial commanders allowing their Moroccan troops to have their way with civilians.
lil_cleverguy on
America didn’t cause every problem on Earth and isn’t the bad guy in every armed conflict? thats controversial /s
Successful_Gas_5122 on
We have to specify Western Allies because the Soviets were easily as off-the-charts evil as the Axis. The Eastern Front was bad guy vs worse guy, and the people caught in between didn’t always know which was which.
TheHistoryMaster2520 on
To be honest, it’s not helping when the Western powers today are reluctant at best to condemn Israel for cosplaying Nazi Germany in Palestine
meguminsupremacy on
The best way to deal with that is to just say “Eh, probably deserved it for something” if its Italy or Germany. If its Japan, just say “Pearl Harbor” even if they are referring to something someone else did.
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The firebombings of both Dresden and Tokyo were fucked up and they weren’t legitimate military targets. That said it’s not like the Germans weren’t considering it, they just didn’t have bombers with enough range to hit London nearly as hard. Hitting civilian targets to cause demoralization was an idea created by the axis powers, the Germans firebombed allied cities first it just didn’t affect them as much. We simply accepted that was the state of modern warfare and responded appropriately. In fact I can’t think of an axis power, be it Japan, Italy or Germany, that is innocent of similar if not much worse actions in WW2
Applies to the American civil war as well tbh
The Italian campaign has its share of cringe moments for the Allies… bombing Monte Cassino, French colonial commanders allowing their Moroccan troops to have their way with civilians.
America didn’t cause every problem on Earth and isn’t the bad guy in every armed conflict? thats controversial /s
We have to specify Western Allies because the Soviets were easily as off-the-charts evil as the Axis. The Eastern Front was bad guy vs worse guy, and the people caught in between didn’t always know which was which.
To be honest, it’s not helping when the Western powers today are reluctant at best to condemn Israel for cosplaying Nazi Germany in Palestine
The best way to deal with that is to just say “Eh, probably deserved it for something” if its Italy or Germany. If its Japan, just say “Pearl Harbor” even if they are referring to something someone else did.