Timeline for Were iconic structures intentionally destroyed in 20th century wars?
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 7:54 | comment | added | DevSolar | @jwenting: I really don't like the implication in your comment, but this is not a discussion forum. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 5:47 | comment | added | jwenting | @DevSolar except the British and Americans didn't explicitly set out to destroy those churches, palaces, and other historic landmarks. They were just there in among the actual targets (and sadly, sometimes actual targets were in those buildings, like archives, offices, etc.). | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 11:19 | comment | added | Semaphore | @DevSolar it's not really "having them together" when Martin's answer essentially don't mention Allied strategic bombing at all. Which is fine btw, it just means there's ample room for more answers on similar actions by different groups, even if the means are similar. Especially if we get specific example of destroyed structures, which would be more useful. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 7:40 | comment | added | DevSolar | @user5001: Hm... I think it's actually quite fine as it is, a) having them together and b) not allowing certain people to upvote one but not the other. I'd probably have posted a one-for-all answer, probably adding the US bombing of Japanese cities for completeness -- but Martin beat me to the subject area. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 5:46 | comment | added | user5001 | @devsolar you should post that as an answer I reckon | |
| Mar 18, 2015 at 14:26 | comment | added | DevSolar | You can't really list the Baedeker Blitz without mentioning the RAF Area bombing directive from February the same year, with the expressed purpose of targeting industrial workforce and morale of the German populace by attacking build-up, residential areas. Either offensive destroyed numerous historical centers, churches, cathedrals, and other "iconic structures", sometimes even using them as targeting landmarks. You can say the RAF and USAAF were more successful at it, though. ;-) | |
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| Mar 18, 2015 at 11:58 | history | answered | Martin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |