But first, a message in the sky:
I saw that over at Jewish Review, where I also saw this:
But about the look back . . . .
On this day in 1943, some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven in the first all-American air raid against Germany during World War II.
(As a non-participant in the process, I note this: They knew how to make war back then. Imagine the political outcry today over a 50-bomber raid on a city in Iran or North Korea! No, I’m not blood-thirsty. No, I’m not making a recommendation or even expressing a wish. I’m merely expressing an observer’s observation.)
Then on this day in 1945, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland.
(But who would then liberate Poland? How they would need it for the next 45 years!)
I wonder what kind of history “we” will make today.