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Old 11th October 2009, 17:20
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Re: Why was Coventry 'coventriert'?

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Originally Posted by tcolvin View Post
Bruce.

I don't follow you.
It was illegal then, and is so today, to target civilians.
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I don't see how anyone can argue that the destruction of Lübeck was not clearly a war crime.

Tony
Tony,
You have obviously seen orders passed to the squadrons specifying aiming points in the enemy port of Lübeck or you wouldn’t be able to state your case so conclusively: would you mind sharing the contents of these orders with us?

Thanks in advance,
Bruce
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