Did you choose to ignore my first post?
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Did you choose to ignore my first post?
The one which acknowledges that Dresden was a legitimate target, but its methodology of execution was unnecessarily brutal? Think I’d have phrased it differently.
The one which explains why it wasn’t a war crime.
your comment of “only axis charged with war crimes” seems like a weird “both sides”fallacy
What? Care to elaborate? Were there war crimes committed by the Allies in WWII?
Depends what you mean by war crimes?
Legal definition of war crimes? Or "severely morally bankrupt stuff"
Not sure how war crimes could have been committed by the Allies in WWII when the concept of war crimes didn't exist until 4 years after the ending of hostilities.
If you want to retroactively apply them, there were cases where individuals or groups of individuals committed acts which could be classed as such, but as a systemic organization? No, the Western allies did not commit systemic war crimes.
The Soviets did commit systemic war crimes, though less by intention and more to do with stavka being unable to contain the rage of 15 million angry men.
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“Conquistadores” by Fernando Cervantes covers the story from Columbus through to Pizarro. The author is a little bit generous to the Spanish in his judgments but he does a good job of framing the story in the context of the worldview of the Europe of the late 15th/early 16th century.
Excellent, looks exactly what I’m after, thanks.
Dresden was a war crime. Even the BBC reported it as such a few years ago on the anniversary.
Are we seriously going down this route?
Please, if you're going to make confident statements like this atleast have something to back yourself up with.
Although, I will find it remarkable if you find sources better than Soviet/Nazi/Allied War Archives.