"April 5, 1943: Belgium’s Deadliest Day of World War II" Topic
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13 May 2024 3:34 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "April 5, 1943: Belgium’s Deadliest Day of World War II," to "April 5, 1943: Belgium’s Deadliest Day of World War II"
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| Tango01 | 12 May 2024 5:15 p.m. PST |
…From Friendly Fire!
"On April 5, 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress bombers of the American 8th Air Force proved once again that "Friendly fire is not friendly!" On several occasions, we have discussed incidents where one side in an armed conflict accidentally causes casualties to either their own people or the people of an allied nation. In this case, US bombs meant to attack a factory supplying engine parts for German warplanes hit a residential area of Mortsel, Belgium, killing 936 civilians, of which 209 were children under the age of 15…"
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pzivh43  | 13 May 2024 4:47 p.m. PST |
A tragedy when things like that happen. Sort of like what's going on in Gaza. War, and sometimes bad things happen, despite best efforts to avoid them. But definitely not genocide. |
| Tango01 | 14 May 2024 3:59 p.m. PST |
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| TimePortal | 14 May 2024 8:26 p.m. PST |
Sad but not unexpected with the carpet bombing strategy.
Strange how we do not hear much about the RAF night time bombing mistakes. In both cases I thought I read that less than 9% of the bomb loads were on target.
War is not clean but a messy affair.
How many British civilians were killed by German bombs? |
| Tango01 | 15 May 2024 3:44 p.m. PST |
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 piper909 | 16 May 2024 11:33 p.m. PST |
This was a terrible tragedy. All the bombings of civilian areas, deliberate or otherwise, were tragedies. For that matter, war is a tragedy. Allied bombing killed tens of thousands of "friendly" civilians in places the Allies sought to liberate, and there should be no glossing over or attempts to rationalize/justify that. Just recognize that it was tragic for all those involved, that's decency. |
| Tango01 | 17 May 2024 3:45 p.m. PST |
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