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Originally Posted by Southside Bucky
Sounds very noble doesn't it? A tad disingenuous though...Germany knew the war was lost by that time (September 1918). A more realistic reason for the raid's cancellation was given by the Chancellor, Count von Hertling, who stated:
"I beg the Supreme Command not to use the new incendiaries, because of the reprisals that the enemy would take against our own cities."
Regards.
Bucky
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Bucky,
may I ask you for the source of the quoted statement by Count Hertling? Was it published in an English written book and was the German source named?
Regards,
ManfredT