Forgotten War Crimes

Term Paper Title	Forgotten War Crimes
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Forgotten War Crimes

     "The holocaust was such an unthinkable horror, the Nazi dictatorship so
uniquely evil, that the calculated firebombing of more than half a Milan
defenseless civilians in the dying days of the war had just fallen by the
wayside."1 History is defined as all recorded events of the past, but with
textbooks, historical journals, and other respected documentaries all denying,
or refusing to acknowledge and give responsibility, the ruthless and criminal
bombing of Dresden does not change the fact that it occurred.  Thus history is
biased by those who write it, and should not be taken as the whole truth; after
all, over two hundred thousand innocent civilians lost their lives and do not
deserve to be forgotten simply because America does not want to take
responsibility actions and admit to what happened.  This tragic event is simply
swept under that carpet and neglected and termed a strategic bombing with
military objectives.  This bombing may have been strategic but it certainly did
not have any military objectives which are stated throughout much of American
history.  It was, however, the strategic bombing and slaughtering of a quarter
million innocent civilians.
     American history textbooks and documentaries state that the official
objective  in the bombing of Dresden was to destroy railway yards, thus delaying
or preventing the deployment of German troops to the eastern front.  To destroy
rail-lines an...

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