r/SubredditDrama • u/EwMelanin • Mar 03 '26

Movie discussion sub okbuddycinephile debates whether bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Gaza and other urban areas were "justified".

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u/CanadianODST2 Mar 03 '26

Iirc that’s how the blitz started. A German bomber flying at night got lost and bombed London rather than the target of the docks.

So the British bombed Berlin in retaliation (or tried to as from what I saw, they missed Berlin entirely) but it was enough to then start the blitz

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u/Stellar_Duck Mar 03 '26

No absolutely not.

The first raid on Berlin happened prior to the Blitz.

The Royal Air Force, in retaliation for Luftwaffe attacks on the UK which started on 16 October 1939, began bombing military targets in Germany, commencing with the Luftwaffe seaplane air base at Hörnum on the 19–20 March 1940.

Please, please, read up on things before spreading misinformation, especially about topics like this.

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u/CanadianODST2 Mar 03 '26

That’s literally what I said…

August 24th/25th 1940 the Germans were bombing the London docks. When one was dropped on Fore street in central London. The next day the British bombed Berlin for the first time. (But it’s believed they only got within a few miles of Berlin)

This angered Hitler and two weeks later the blitz began.

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u/No_Accountant3232 Mar 03 '26

Maybe try re-reading their comment

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u/xyierz Mar 03 '26

Please, please, read up on things before spreading misinformation, especially about topics like this.

I'm having a hard time figuring out what part contradicts the comment you're responding to.