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JayMcGee · 10-18-2006, 06:37 PM

We have become so used to death & destruction rained upon us from afar, we have perhaps forgotten the impact that Guernica made.

This was the *first* time ( ie it had *never* happenned before) that a town, rather than a military target, had been comprehesively and deliberately attacked from the air. Think of it as the 9\11 of the time, and you might begin to appreciate the impact, and how the concept of aerial bombardment of civiian population centres changed the world

10-18-2006, 06:37 PM	#11
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	We have become so used to death & destruction rained upon us from afar, we have perhaps forgotten the impact that Guernica made. This was the first time ( ie it had never happenned before) that a town, rather than a military target, had been comprehesively and deliberately attacked from the air. Think of it as the 9\11 of the time, and you might begin to appreciate the impact, and how the concept of aerial bombardment of civiian population centres changed the world __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.