[kj] OT: Messerschmitt (was re: Jaz's Birthday)

[Brendan Quinn]

It makes me feel a bit guilty to think how I am (still) so interested in all
the details of the weaponry and the battles etc that were fought, such an
unimaginable degree of suffering behind it all.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of B. Oliver Sheppard
Sent: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 3:09 p.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Messerschmitt (was re: Jaz's Birthday)

Yeah, I know there was a big scramble in '45 between the US/UK/Allies 
and the Russians to appropriate Nazi science once Germany was occupied. 
That included the US's "Operation Paperclip," -- 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_paperclip -- which was 
essentially the importing of Nazi scientists into the US, excusing them 
of war crimes, etc., and putting them to work at places like White 
Sands, etc.

-Oliver


Brendan Quinn wrote:

> Despite an eventual technological advantage, it came too late. They got

> pasted in the air war by the Allies. Which included pilots from many

> countries as well as the RAF and USAF.

>

> In 44 / 45 the Allies had air superiority, to the extent that they

conducted

> terror raids, bombing remote villages and towns, farms, massive carpet

> bombing of cities (Dresden is a name everyone is aware of in that

> context)...to demonstrate to the german people that they were completely

> beaten in the air, the propaganda from their own side was just that, and

> they could be attacked wherever, whenever, and they would be.

>

>   


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