Forgotten War Crimes :: essays research papers

Forgotten War Crimes     "The holocaust was such an unthinkable horror, the Nazi dictatorship souniquely evil, that the metrical firebombing of more than half a Milandefenseless civilians in the dying days of the war had just fallen by thewayside."1 History is defined as all recorded events of the past, still withtextbooks, historical journals, and other respected documentaries all denying,or refusing to acknowledge and give business, the ruthless and criminalbombing of Dresden does not depart the fact that it occurred. Thus history isbiased by those who write it, and should not be taken as the whole truth afterall, over dickens hundred thousand innocent civilians lost their lives and do notdeserve to be forgotten simply because America does not want to takeresponsibility actions and admit to what happened. This tragic event is simplyswept under that carpet and neglected and termed a strategic bombing withmilitary objectives. This bombing may thrust been strategic but it certainly didnot have any military objectives which are stated throughout much of Americanhistory. It was, however, the strategic bombing and slaughtering of a quartermillion innocent civilians.     American history textbooks and documentaries state that the officialobjective in the bombing of Dresden was to destroy railway yards, thus delayingor preventing the deployment of German troops to the eastern front. To destroyrail-lines and rail yards, precision bombing is used. Contradicting thisstatement is the fact that the American planes flying over Dresden were notarmed with precision bombs but instead with high explosive incendiaries used tocreate firestorms. What is also ironic is that after the bombing, not a singlerail-line or rail yard had been disturbed.      early(a) historical journals provided via the American government claimthat Dresden contained a number of bunkers being used to house German Troops.Although D resden did contain bunkers, they were being used to house American andBritish prisoners of war.     By using such high explosive incendiaries and such elaborate bombingpatterns, Allied bombers were successful in creating one of the most lay waste tofirestorms claiming upwards of two hundred thousand innocent lives and utterlydestroying on the most culturally historic centers in the world.