HUGH
07-25-2012, 05:04 AM
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After 67 years the efforts of RAF Bomber Command have finally been recognised by the erection of a memorial in London. Nearly half of the 155 thousand men and women of Bomber Command were killed in WWII but Churchill was politically obliged to ignore them in his appraisal of all the armed forces, including American, at the end of the war.
This was largely due to the successful and deceitful propaganda broadcast by the Nazis which is still believed today even by people, such as journalists, who should know better and haven't done their homework. Some Broadcasters in the UK have done their best to remedy this defecit by making programs and publishing true figures, including the fact that the Germans flattened Warsaw eventually killing some 400 thousand people.
It's not clear how, or if, the US contribution was fully included in this because it was a major participation. Certainly Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders were in the Royal Air Force but if any Islander would like to enlighten me please contribute whatever you know.
(Dad was in Bomber Command flying outmoded Handley-Page Hampdens and his log contains descriptions such as "Ploughing" and Gardening").
After 67 years the efforts of RAF Bomber Command have finally been recognised by the erection of a memorial in London. Nearly half of the 155 thousand men and women of Bomber Command were killed in WWII but Churchill was politically obliged to ignore them in his appraisal of all the armed forces, including American, at the end of the war.
This was largely due to the successful and deceitful propaganda broadcast by the Nazis which is still believed today even by people, such as journalists, who should know better and haven't done their homework. Some Broadcasters in the UK have done their best to remedy this defecit by making programs and publishing true figures, including the fact that the Germans flattened Warsaw eventually killing some 400 thousand people.
It's not clear how, or if, the US contribution was fully included in this because it was a major participation. Certainly Canadians, Australians and New Zealanders were in the Royal Air Force but if any Islander would like to enlighten me please contribute whatever you know.
(Dad was in Bomber Command flying outmoded Handley-Page Hampdens and his log contains descriptions such as "Ploughing" and Gardening").