The Blitz

[Jemisa]

http://news.yahoo.com...britain_blitz_footage

[jno]

I sw that on telly last night. I thought the world was still black and white in those days

[rov1200]

We won the war over the fascists but are now losing the war to the anti-fascists and left leaning do-gooders backed up by the human rights laws.

We have more dangerous Islamic fundamentalists in our community preaching their hatred than ever the Germans could have thrown at us.

[anotheoldgit]

jno

There were many Hollywood films shot in colour, even before 1940.

[Kromovaracun]

Personally, I find the contortion of our history for right-wing conspiracy theories a bit distasteful, but y'know...

[anotheoldgit]

rov1200

Yes and we had sirens in those days to warn us they were about to bomb us,

Also any enemy captured wearing just civvies, were put against the wall and shot.

[sandyRoe]

The people who fought in the war were defending liberty against Nazi totalitarianism. 'Left leaning do-gooders and human rights legislation are two happy results of our victory in that battle.

[zita-green]

Hear, hear, SandyRoe.

[jake-the-peg]

Interesting statistic

Germany dropped 74,172 tons of bombs on Britain

Allied Forces dropped 1,350,000 tons on Germany

[carolegif]

They started it!!!!!

[anotheoldgit]

jake-the-peg

Are you some kind of Nazi sympathiser?

You would haver gone down a treat 70years ago, especially in a East London pub.

[Answerprancer]

Smoke-a-big-spliff-of-some-good-sensimilla !

[anotheoldgit]

Another interesting statistic for you to research on Jake,

How many death camps did we have in Britain?

[Eastender]

Hear Hear anotheroldgit, thats shut jake up.

[Kromovaracun]

Germany was bombed for longer and by more air forces than the UK was, so it'd be weird if they didn't have more tonnage of bombs... of course, the reason for it was because Germany entered into a war (and contrary to popular belief it seems to have done so did so by and large with the consent of its population) and also refused to surrender (perhaps less consensually). While it does sound callous, the German situation was of their own making.

I don't think that Jake's point is to undermine the Blitz, I think his point is just to show that the Germans displayed equal resilience, which is true. The resilience of both peoples against overwhelming odds are both examples of human courage and bloody-mindedness. Don't let the common perceptions of Nazi Germany fool you - the German people do seem to have been very supportive of their country's cause right up until near the end of the war.

Of course, the German situation was far, far more of their own making than was the British one. The German bombing was the result of a war that Germans, by and large, do seem to have been very supportive of when it was going well for them (and as I say above seem to have continued to do so until it was going diabolically for them). The British had been dragged into theirs kicking and screaming and had seriously contemplated not going through with it, but seem to have stuck with it anyway against highly uncertain odds.

[jno]

aog, I didn't say films were black and white, I said the world was. Of course, I may have been in error.