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American History

Adsos Letter

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2. I seem to recall Martin Gilbert writing in "Auschwitz and the Allies" that the camps weren't

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2012, 10:29 PM

Jan 2012

bombed because it would pull resources from the overall effort of winning the war and putting a stop to all of it. I think Gilbert argued that the 450,000 Hungarian Jews shipped to death camps might have been spared had the allies bombed the rail lines.

It's all hazy (read this book when it first came out) and I could certainly be wrong.

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U.S. Holocaust Museum refutes FDR supporters' defense of failure to bomb Auschwitz [View all] ellisonz Jan 2012 OP

Interesting. bemildred Jan 2012 #1

I seem to recall Martin Gilbert writing in "Auschwitz and the Allies" that the camps weren't Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #2

Bombing the rail lines wouldn't had stopped the execution of Jews IMO. LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #4

It's important to keep in mind we're viewing the scenario in 2012 RZM Jan 2012 #3

It's not like FDR had drones. Bombing was not a terribly accurate enterprise back in those days. MADem Apr 2012 #5