As I expected – no examples – what a surprise. :rolleyes:

This particular documentary has said much of what needed to be said. I didn’t detect any “agendas” or “left wing hand wringing” (whatever that is). The programme told the story, had interested and enthusiastic presenters, covered most aspects and placed it in a modern context and by and large appears to have met with approval, even within the expertise on this forum.

The BBC are to be congratulated on telling a story that was long overdue.

And in 6 months time the headlines will read “Redknapp Must Go”.

In terms of percentage of games won, Capello is the most successful England manager – and the media are glad to see him go. Go figure :confused:

With the media the way they are, who would want the job anyway?

Neither did I but it appears that others saw it differently.

I saw no myths perpetuated in the programme and it explored many aspects fairly, albeit briefly.

I think you might be in this picture then Darryl.

Taken in 1989 from another fine Hatfield product. 🙂

This documentary did exactly the right thing in exploring many aspects of the bombing campaign – the only problem was that in the time available it was not possible to fully explore all the aspects. There is also nothing wrong with setting it in a modern context if only to show the scale of the operation involved compared to modern campaigns.
There is nothing wrong either with visiting the morality of a campaign where civilians were deliberately targetted. The morality of the Dresden raid has nothing to do with revisionist history or some sort of BBC guilt-trip; it was questioned very soon after the event, even by those that took part, indeed it continues to be questioned to this day. Any programme about the Allied Raids on Germany not mentioning Dresden would have been incomplete and would almost certainly have been accused of trying to gloss over important aspects of the story.
No-one is denying the bravery of the crews involved but their leadership (Churchill or Harris) and that leadership’s motives were at best questionable.

There is also no doubt that at the beginning, and by Bomber Command’s own admission, raids were ineffectual and wasteful of men and machines but by the end of the war it had become a very effective weapon. This was mentioned in the programme and backed up by facts. I don’t see the problem at all and it seems to me to be from being a “monstrous lie”.

The Allied bombing campaign had a huge effect on the outcome of the war and the crews were treated after the war was nothing short of scandalous. I’m glad that all of these aspects were brought up in what was an enjoyable and informative documentary.

Excellent programme.

Some great footage but always a reminder what these machines are actually used for, something which is easily forgotten.
The programme wasn’t frightened to tackle the more controversial issues either and dealt with these in a sensitive manner.

Never really a Beatles fan – before my time 🙂 but Helter Skelter isn’t bad.