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Originally Posted by Squeeth
I think that the air contribution to ground operations is undergoing a searching re-evaluation which is tending to reduce its importance. recent stuff I've looked at - Buckley, Copp and Hart point out that the bombing of German coastal defences on D-Day was a failure as a destruction bombardment, that the air did indeed believe that it should concentrate on what it knew it could do well (blockade of the battlefield) but tried to avoid admitting this to the Ground Commanders, that there were all too many attacks on Allied soldiers and equipment by aircraft when they did operate over the battlefield and that the number of German tanks they destroyed was miniscule.
Tedder's denigration of Monty's Command in Normandy is a matter of record.
~~~~~would denigrate their betters~~~~~ can someone mean this and not be either an elitist prick or a brown noser of elitist pricks?
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Squeeth
I always like to know who I am dealing with so I took the liberty of checking up on your Public Profile, after all, this is what Public Profiles are for.
I note with interest that you describe yourself as an "Ageing anarcho-syndicalist" and that for reasons best known to yourself you place on record obituaries to your cats (please confirm that I have this right?) to whit;
Marlon the Cat 1991-17th October 2005
Claudia the Cat 1989-19th January 2007
I also remember you as the young man who referred to the Italian Campaign as "the Italian gig"
It therefore it should not come as a complete surprise when you refer to me as "either an elitist prick or a brown noser of elitist pricks?" ...I am afraid it will take stronger insults than these to shock someone who survived five years in the wartime forces.
I am delighted that Peter G has seen fit to enter the fray, might I suggest you retire gracefully before you are too embarressed ?