This still image of a fire-bombing in Nazi Germany is by Paul Goldfinger from the latest Netflix color documentary about WWII.
Blogfinger photograph and editorial: 4/18/24
Towards the end of WWII, the United States and other members of the Allies embarked on an aggressive effort to close down the Nazi state in Germany. Even though it was clear that the Allies would emerge victorious, they did not want the death throes in Germany to drag on and on. So they initiated a devastating airborne assault with thousands of planes, and the goal was to fire bomb major cities such as Dresden.
They were relentless, and of course many civilians were killed or wounded, and the civilian survivors were afflicted with starvation, wounds, rapes, and disease.
That strategy was similar to what happened to bring the Japanese to their knees using the atomic bomb (2)
Yet there was little if any criticism for the collateral damage brought about by America and its allies.
Now, even though there are multiple places around the world where genocide is actually happening, only Israel has been singled out that way.
So they have been viciously attacked and they will react despite the biased and hypocritical criticisms.
Paul Goldfinger, Editorial, Blogfinger.net
Blogfinger has almost never strayed into international and national politics and controversies, but this time, to go along with this sample of photojournalism, we add an opinion. We are not inviting a discussion on this.