To: nickcarraway
But Churchill vetoed the plan as he feared the bombers would hit historical or civilian targets, the Daily Express newspaper reported.Like the one at 10 Downing St?
2 posted on
03/12/2010 1:31:23 PM PST by
skeeter
To: nickcarraway
‘bomber’ Harris has been called many things...but til now ‘brilliant’ wasn’t one of them.
3 posted on
03/12/2010 1:32:32 PM PST by
Badeye
(Still pretending Long Island is Manhattan, willie? (laughing))
To: nickcarraway
4 posted on
03/12/2010 1:36:57 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: nickcarraway
Harris is generally considered to have been barking mad by the end of the war. In 1943? Who knows.
5 posted on
03/12/2010 1:40:59 PM PST by
Grut
To: nickcarraway
Should of sent the Incorrigible bastards.
6 posted on
03/12/2010 1:41:31 PM PST by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: nickcarraway
Of course Churchill wouldn’t allow it. There has been a very long standing tradition of not targeting enemy leaders. It is expected that not engaging in leadership assassination would be reciprocated. I’m sure its a current policy as well. Dying is only for the peasants, don’t you know?
To: nickcarraway
617 Squadron, if I remember correclty, skipbombed the Roer Dams, and sank the battleship TIRPITZ using “Tall Boy “ bombs. So they had the expertise. But that being said, why would Harris want to kill Mussolini instead of Hitler? Easier to hit Bertschegarten, and the Chancellory, and Hitler was a much more important target than the “Moose”.
9 posted on
03/12/2010 1:54:03 PM PST by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: nickcarraway
Churchill feared that Mussolini would be replaced by someone competent.
11 posted on
03/12/2010 2:14:32 PM PST by
rmlew
(The left has elected a new nation with the help of neoconservatives and libertarians.)
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