# 39 Davod,
Revisionist history in all it’s glory. Your New Age link has no basis in fact, they ignore anything that doesn’t fit their preconceptions. Body counts represent the ‘smoking gun’ theory of history. I’m more of a circumstantial evidence guy. We will never know for sure. The History of War isn’t like that.
Ditto for the rational behind the bombing. I don’t have Churchill’s memoirs at hand, but I believe he says Bomber Harris is lying. Bomber Harris WAS a famous liar, being caught numerous times. So it is no cause for surprise that he would lie to posterity as well as his boss and his subordinates. I do keep B.H. Liddell Hart(military), Weigley (political) and Calvocoressi & Wint ( economic) on hand, since they cover the landscape of WW2 pretty well.
I can look up the details if you want. It doesn’t matter that much since History is mostly political. The exceptions are when new data is found ( or created in some case). I expect the history of the Cold War won’t be settled until well after the current Russian dictatorship falls. Anyway, this isn’t the place to hold an agument that will never end.
I can’t even agree to disagree, since I don’t. I just think that your number is low, since there is no new evidence, just a reinterpretation of old evidence.
I’m always suspicious of those, since Historians have to eat also and changing history (or trying to) is a paycheck.