Back الجدول حول تفجير أوشفيتز Arabic Débat sur le bombardement d'Auschwitz French סוגיית הפצצת אושוויץ HE Debat pengeboman Auschwitz ID

Auschwitz bombing debate

One of a series of aerial reconnaissance photographs of Auschwitz taken between April 4, 1944–January 14, 1945, but not examined until the 1970s.

The issue of why the Allies did not act on early reports of atrocities in the Auschwitz concentration camp by destroying it or its railways by air during World War II has been a subject of controversy since the late 1970s. Brought to public attention by a 1978 article from historian David Wyman, it has been described by Michael Berenbaum as "a moral question emblematic of the Allied response to the plight of the Jews during the Holocaust",[1] and whether or not the Allies had the requisite knowledge and the technical capability to act continues to be explored by historians. The U.S. government followed the military's strong advice to always keep the defeat of Germany the paramount objective, and refused to tolerate outside civilian advice regarding alternative military operations. No major American Jewish organizations recommended bombing.

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