Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:56 PM 8/20/01 +0200, Alan Hull wrote: >IMHO WW11 is the aftershock from WW1, when armies decided that it was much >safer to battle with civilians rather than face each other on a battlefield. >Blitzkrieg and submarine warfare against merchant ships, holocaust, refugees >etc. etc. etc. > >WW1 was when armies faced off against armies. This is a most cruel and horrible thing to say on a List whose members include folks whose families lost military relatives in the War. My uncle was wounded landing in the third wave at D-Day -- he would have been most amused to hear that he was "making war on civilians", as my father would have been when the Japanese aircraft were shooting at him at Dutch Harbor - -- or mayhaps you are suggesting that those airplanes were piloted by civilians? Almost 300,000 US military personnel died in combat operations in the Second World War. I would suggest that a retraction and apology is in order. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!