Smaragdadler Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 ... but whenever I read some battle during Normandy or the Battle of the Bulge described as "the toughest fighting of the war" or "the bloodiest battle of the war", I think to myself.. It's worse. Because in the same time, they put Hürtgen under the carpet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Marshal Blücher Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Many Americans know and marvel at the Doolittle raid, at what a remarkable technical feat it was, and at the daring of pilots who pulled it off. But how many Americans know that 15 of the 16 B-25 crews involved crash-landed in or bailed out over eastern China (in accord with the raid's plan) and that the Japanese, in the course of searching for the crews (most of whom escaped to safety thanks to the Chinese), killed as many as 250,000 Chinese civilians? Compared with the little material damage the raid itself inflicted (on military and industrial targets in Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Kobe, and Osaka), seems to me that the Chinese suffered rather more. Most Americans I know probably don't even know there was fighting in China. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Most Americans I know probably don't even know there was fighting in China. And certainly not that it began in 1937. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Marshal Blücher Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 And certainly not that it began in 1937. Michael Absolutely not. Just about everyone I know thinks WWII began at some point during or after 1939, and most of them think it was in '41. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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