10-12-2019, 02:26 PM
(10-12-2019, 01:43 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: "BS"?
It's hilarious that you just resort to personal attacks instead of discussion, like adults do.
What personal attack?
Quote:What bs have I specifically focused on?
Once again you’ve allowed Fred to get you all worked up while completely ignoring the single most informative answer you’re going to receive about the topic. It’s obvious you believe Fred’s responses are BS and me calling them BS is in no way, shape, or form a personal attack upon you.
Quote:Bengalzona's reasons were legit, but still not perfect. Millions of lives could have been saved and, like I said, there's the photo from the bomber's open hatch that shows the railroad tracks.
You also pointed out one of the problems that I've mentioned: priority. They didn't prioritize saving millions of Jews in what wouldn't have set them back in the main goal of winning the war and bombing other targets.
As if there are perfect answers to military problems.
The number one priority during military planning is the mission. The Allies’ primary mission was destroying the enemy. The strategic and tactical bombing campaigns were focused on destroying the enemy, or factories manufacturing their equipment and munitions, or controlling key pieces of terrain. The military planners prioritized the targets which would allow them to destroy the enemy. What you suggest may have temporarily disrupted logistics and maybe the composition of enemy forces which would be of limited tactical advantage and little to no strategic value. Military planners aren’t going to risk limited resources such as men, planes, fuel, and munitions on targets of limited tactical and strategic importance when there are more important targets which need to be destroyed. Targets like . . . enemy forces.
