The Queen vs Germans
 

Germans Demand Queen War Apology
The Queen is being urged to apologise to the German people for Allied bombing raids carried out during Second World War.

A major German newspaper piled pressure on the monarch, just days before a state visit, with pictures of the 1945 bombing of Dresden and the headline “Will the Queen finally say sorry?”

The inflammatory move is believed to be part of a greater clamour among German politicians and diplomats to get Britain to apologise.

The demands have outraged ex-servicemen and women across the UK, many of whom risked their lives on a daily basis in the fight against Hitler.

War veterans groups were almost unanimous in their condemnation of the Germans' call for an apology.

Peter Storrar, from the RAF’s 610 Squadron Association, said: “They started it and reaped the whirlwind.

“I remember seeing Liverpool absolutely devastated and it was like that all over Britain.”

Col John Goodsir, vice-chairman of the Air Crew Association, said: “The majority of our members who served in the Second World War would not favour the idea of the Queen saying sorry.”

The Queen, who lived in London during the Blitz, is due to begin a royal visit on Tuesday.

She will attend a charity performance of the Berlin Philharmonic intended to raise cash for the restoration of Dresden Cathedral.


"They started it and reaped the whirlwind"
-Peter Storrar - RAF 610 Squadron Association


The Dresden raids in 1945 claimed about 40,000 German lives.

They were designed to crack German morale with wave upon wave of British and US bombers resulting in firestorms on the ground from which there was no escape.

Supporters say the raids hastened the end of the war, but critics say they may not have been tactically necessary.

What do you make of this?

I think it proves that German media can be just as outrageous and distasteful as our own tosspot headline-grabbers! :evil:

Which newspaper was it? Probably BILD which is not better than your SUN, simply yellow press with big headlines and nothing else.

yeah i think it was , it was posted on AOL yesterday but rather shocking never the less.what people will do to sell a news paper :roll:

They arent' people - they're ignorant pathetic scum who have no grasp on life or any moral code whatsoever. They destroy people's lives without giving a shit about anything but their own selfish, pathetic existence and the wage-slip at the end of the week congratulating them on the devastation they bring to so many - and what's worse is that its the 'sheep-like' public that gives them this power by believing everything and buying their verbal tripe! :evil:

Well technically the Queen is part German herself, lol. Anyway, it's not like she went there dropping bombs or had anything to do with it at all.

The royal family don't really hold any power now other than being a tourist attraction and something for the idiot press to constantly follow around.

So basically they want us to apologise for a war they started 60 years ago? :roll:

"Don't mention the war. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it alright"

Re: The Queen vs Germans
 

I am in no way behind this apology demand but this particular point...

...for sure is debatable.

Have they apologised for starting it though?

**** them is all I'm going to say to that.

http://www.cleese.co.uk/gallery/26.jpg

Germany has been apologizing to everyone and their mothers eversince including paying massive money to the victims and their families to this day ...