Helloooo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that Over the course of the seven-month Blitz (Sept 1940 – May 1941) in WW2 , nearly 30,000 Londoners were killed, averaging around 4,200 deaths per month.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Over the course of the seven-month Blitz (Sept 1940 – May 1941) in WW2 , nearly 30,000 Londoners were killed, averaging around 4,200 deaths per month.en.wikipedia.orgHelloooo@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoThat’s part of it, but it’s also just a fundamental misconception it seems everyone shares, that making life horrible will force surrender. And in fairness, there is a level of destruction that will do that - ask Japan about that.
That’s part of it, but it’s also just a fundamental misconception it seems everyone shares, that making life horrible will force surrender.
And in fairness, there is a level of destruction that will do that - ask Japan about that.