There were RUMORS of such camps, But not until June 44 did evidence begin to mount of thier actual existence.
But there were SO MANY rumors of atrocities coming out, that it got lumped in with all the rest.
And the previous poster was right. The PRIORITY was destroying Germanies ability to make war, not wasting American lives and Machines on a fool’s errand in a HEAVILY defended area.
(Think the Peolesti Raids, and thier cost)
I agree. It angers me when people give opinions about subjects of which they are totally ignorant. If Bush really said that, then he is an idiot if he meant it.
First, Poland was in the Russian sector of the War. The Russians could have bombed Auschwitz with their bombers.
“Ilyushin 4 (10000) - Russia’s main long range bomber. It bombed Berlin, East Germany, and the vast German-occupied territory in Eastern Europe and Russia, but it carried only 1-1.5 tons of bombs, or three torpedoes, and it suffered heavy losses by enemy fighters because of its very poor defensive weapons.”
We all know why the liberal press and Dems are not castigating the Russians for not bombing Auschwitz.
Second, American bombers and crew took horrendous losses in their attacks until after February 1944. Imagine being told that you are going to fly to Poland to bomb a death camp to save people who are making no effort to save themselves and by the way, you probably won’t be coming back. I am sure morale would be high/sarc. Shortly after February 1944 SHAEF took over the air fores for Operation Overlord. The only time Auschwitz could have been bombed with out too great a loss of men and material was after February 1944.
Third, we did invade a country to stop the extermination of civilians. It is called Iraq. I do not hear the liberal press and Dems congratulating Bush on stopping this extermination.
Fourth, if we are going to stop exterminations, then we should have bombed Cambodia, Rwanda, and should be bombing Darfur, Congo, Kosovo.
Wrong. Watch Ken Burns’ “The War.” I think it was Life Magazine that had a photo essay in 1942 showing what was being done in the death camps. Also, the NY Times was writing about it and nothing was being done. A lot of Jews are down on FDR for ignoring the mass murder.
It concerns me very much what is going on in the Sudan.