To: Hildy
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.I don't doubt that an allied bomb killed an animal at the zoo, but I wonder how they are sure it was the first bomb.
14 posted on
07/26/2003 11:00:04 PM PDT by
squidly
To: squidly
LOL...FREEPERS crack me up!
17 posted on
07/26/2003 11:02:18 PM PDT by
Hildy
To: squidly
The first bombing raid on Berlin was a token raid, in retaliation for an accidental German raid on a London suburb (the Germans had avoided bombing London in the Battle of Britain).
36 posted on
07/26/2003 11:19:18 PM PDT by
AntiGuv
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To: squidly
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. I don't doubt that an allied bomb killed an animal at the zoo, but I wonder how they are sure it was the first bomb.
The earliest date for an allied raid on Berlin I could find is August 25th 1940. The Berlin zoo's history page says the zoo was first bombed in 1941 and doesn't mention any casualties. So it's probably untrue.
91 posted on
07/27/2003 2:41:11 AM PDT by
sumocide
To: squidly
I don't doubt that an allied bomb killed an animal at the zoo, but I wonder how they are sure it was the first bomb. Do you doubt Dr. Goebbels?
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