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Tango01 | 27 Feb 2020 9:42 p.m. PST |
… BRITISH MEMORIES SINCE 1945. "Relative to most other European countries the United Kingdom enjoys a secure, positive memory of World War 2. At its simplest, the narrative goes: the Germans started it and the British, with their allies, won. However damaging to British relations with other European states since 1945, this account has proved remarkably durable1. Not for the British the ‘divided memory' of Italy2 or the Vichy syndrome of France3 or the ‘historians' dispute' of Germany; Britain's dominant memories of World War 2 are unified, straightforward, and patriotic. Within this serene landscape, the combined bombing offensive against Germany, and specifically the part played by Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force (RAF), form an exception. Memories of Bomber Command are unusual in being both complex and volatile. They are complex because they concern inherently difficult questions – the effectiveness and the morality of strategic bombing in World War 2 – and because they have involved different ‘levels' of memory –the official, the academic, the popular, the local – rather differently. A cohesive national myth of the bombing campaign, comparable (for example) to the British myth of the Blitz, the German bombing of British cities in 1940-19414, is impossible. Memories of the bombing offensive, moreover, are volatile because they have shown significant variance over time…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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