That is not true. FDR was made aware of the situation. Many Jews actually begged him to bomb the death camps, or at least the railroad lines taking the Jews to their doom. I always tell my students this when I teach the Holocaust and WWII. I want them to know what FDR was really like, not what the textbook says about him.
Bush cried, terrorists lied, Jews died
If Bush was truly moved by this experience, he would not try to re-create this by negotiating w Islamic terrorists who want to eliminate all Jews from the Middle East.
The WOT is over, as Bush is now negotiating w the terrorists
my thanks to the both of you. i use to love to read and watch anything i could when i was a lot younger about WWII. i appreciate learning anything i can about this subject.
” Many Jews actually begged him to bomb the death camps”
Very few outside the Bergsonites did. Most Jews in America were too happy being liberal to care.
Comment to post #21: Something to consider, I don’t think FDR would have had much of a choice. I’ve been reading and collecting WWII books for about 40 years.
Just finished a book called ‘Big Week’ by Glenn Infield.
The demand of fighting aircraft by two theatres set the Allies back on bombing goals, knocking out the Luftwaffe the primary goal to be able to invade Normandy. B17’s were especially behind on delivery in 1943, and they couldn’t strike with multi hundreds of bombers until late in the war. The German fighter production was never completely stopped, so they decided to go after the oil. The tactical aircraft were desperately needed to stop the German reinforcements and supplies reaching the front.
So, I don’t think serious operations could have been performed until the last few months of the war.
I hope you also tell them how virtually impossible it would have been for B-17's to bomb a railroad line, and just for class discussion ask how many American pilots and crewmen should die in the effort.