Actually, I have demonstrated I know what I am talking about.
Here is an "easter egg" for you Here is an excerpt from the book piublished in U.S.A. in 1948, long before I was born:
"The military and political support given by the Allies to Tito included collaboration of the Allied air forces with Tito's operations. The Allies proceeded to bomb targets in Yugoslavia which were obstacles in Tito's political path, though their destruction had no military value whatever. On April 16, 1944,Orthodox EasterSunday, Belgrade, already severely damaged by Nazi bombings, was bombed by the American Air Force at high noon. More than four thousand churchgoers were killed in the streets while cheering the appearance of the American planes, which they believed were proceeding to bomb enemy targets in Rumania and Hungary. I reported this tragic incident to the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, on April 18. With a map of the city of Belgradein my hands, I showed him that military objectives around Belgrade,such as bridges over the Sava and Danube Rivers, and railroad triangles to the north and south, could have been bombed without damaging the city itself, which contained no such objectives. The Secretary of State showed deep concern and promised that he would use his influence to avoid repetition. of the incident, but the city continued to be bombed by the Allies. Even its outskirts, which had no military installations of any kind, and where many residents had sought refuge from the Allied bombardments, were mercilessly bombed.
In Montenegro, the city of Podgorica, a national stronghold, was repeatedly bombed until it was completely demolished.
Mr. Churchill knew that the immense majority of Serbs would consider the abandonment of Mihailovich as a betrayal, but he refused to be deterred. He simply said, "We do not know what is happening in the Serbian part of Yugoslavia." Advised by his son, Randolph, and by his friends, Brigadier General MacClean and Colonel Deakin, who in their efforts were supported by a strong leftist group in the Middle East High Command, Mr. Churchill had irretrievably committed himself to a policy which would remain the major blunder in the long and shining career of a great war leader."
CONSTANTIN FOTITCH : YUGOSLAVIA'S TRAGEDY AND THE FAILURE OF THE WEST
NEW YORK: THE VIKING PRESS 1948
16 April 1944 - Belgrade Marshalling Yard, Yugoslavia.
I'm not really posting this for your sake, DTA. This is just so anybody else following the thread can figure it out for themselves. The Railyard is dead center of Belgrade on the river, and the limitations of bombing accuracy in 1944 have already been explained.
