On 11/07/2020 14:09, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 11/07/2020 13:46, newshound wrote:
On 11/07/2020 13:33, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


ISTR Douglas Bader having his convergence close in. He claimed it
was the only way to shoot down the target. He was opposed to cannon
for the same reason, believing it encouraged pilots to fire from too
far away.

Bader was a bit of a **** really. One cannon shell near the pilot
will disable the aircraft.

Ah yes, but he was *our* ****.

The Brits were pioneers with booby traps and IEDs, even though when we
are on the receiving end now they are considered somehow unsporting.
Read Curtiss LeMay's autobiography and you wonder why all the fuss
about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Yanks were doing just as much damage
before then with ruthless incendiary raids on residential areas
(justified by the argument that the Japs made a lot of stuff in
cottage industry type workshops).

History is mostly written by the victors, of course.

And then rewritten by the Left


Then invented from scratch by the right.