soc.history.war.world-war-ii

Robert Sveinson wrote:
> For the bombing of Hamburg that resulted in the fire storm
> no credit is given to the USAAF for their contribution.

...so you didn't look up the spreadsheets.

Oh well, what is there to add?

As I wrote, I believe this is an outstandingly useful source for
anyone willing to study strategic bombing. People don't have to share
my opinion, and those who prefer pushing an agenda to actually reading
dry stuff will naturally find it useless, too.

Finally, Wikipedia is evolving into a very good source on technical
stuff or hard to find data. Articles about such non-controversial
topics as the little-known 999th Shoe-Polish company will usually be
good. Articles about more general topics like the bombing of Dresden
are likely to be less impressive, but one hardly needs to quote
Wikipedia on those. Similarly, Wikipedia will be poor on arts &
literature stuff but good on technical & science. It's more of a
geeks' encyclopedia. Like all sources, it has to be used for its
strengths.


LC