allied failure

Rich47 · Post by **Rich47** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:33 am

I agree with Sid. Besides it would have been impossable for the Allies to stop the genocides even had they known, and at best they had a fuzzy picture. Sure you can bomb rail lines, but replacing rail tracks is so easy its not even worse the price of the bombs dropped, the air crews lost, or the fuel for the bombers. Just think? How often did we bomb rail tracks in the war?

We could have bombed the rail yards where the Jews were being transported to. But many of these yards were close by, or in, the charnell camps. And bombing them probably would have caused the Nazis to take retribution against the air crew POWs.

Besides, it wasnt until fairly late in the war that we had a fighter with the range to escort the bombers to eastern Europe where the murder camps were located. Sending unescorted bombers that far east to bomb....what? rail tracks? Would have been madness.

I dont think it was "political" at all. It was simply military necessity.

Ada · Post by **Ada** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:25 am

Sid,

I could not resist to send You that information on the topic what could do Allies and whether they knew of Stalin's plan.

Read bottom text of France ambasador.
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bi ... &q1=biddle

Besides whole site is interesting - it shows what did diplomacy "behind" the war
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bi ... &q1=biddle

sid guttridge · Post by **sid guttridge** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:42 pm

Hi Ada,

That link only tells us what the Poles wanted the Allies to do, not what they could do.

Thanks for the overall link. I think I will find it very useful.

Cheers,

Sid.

Ada · Post by **Ada** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:07 am

Here, Sid you have the proove of the
Western gratitude.

http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/polisharmy/chapter6.html

sid guttridge · Post by **sid guttridge** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:33 am

Hi Ada,

Looks interesting. I haven't had time to read it all, but I will.

Cheers,

Sid.