The policy is obliteration, openly acknowledged. This is not a justifiable act of war.

George Bell

On the Allied policy of widspread bombing of Berlin and other German cities in 1944.

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Total war War crimes War World War II

Speaker

George Bell

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Clergyman

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Bell, George. "Speech Opposing Area Bombing." House of Lords meeting. 9 Feb. 1944, Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

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1945 1940s 20th century
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History is written by the winners.

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George Orwell
Source
As I Please Tribune
Medium
Article Newspaper
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English
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1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Abraham Lincoln

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Might makes right Justice American Civil War
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Address at Cooper Institute, New York City
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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City." 27 Feb. 1860, New York City, NY, USA.

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