[monochrom] #mRIF: Double...

2010-08-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
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Re: [monochrom] WWII air raids on Japan were so sucessful that it was hard to find suitable targets for the A-bombs

2010-08-27 Diskussionsfäden Thomas R. Koll
Channel4 has broadcasted a documentation series called Blitz Street earlier this year. By rebuiling a typical pre-war row of houses and applying the effects of real explosives on the brick and mortar the shows ressembles the effects of each different type of bomb (from small ones to the V2 and Br

Re: [monochrom] WWII air raids on Japan were so sucessful that it was hard to find suitable targets for the A-bombs

2010-08-27 Diskussionsfäden eSeL
im memorial museum von hiroshima sind originaldokumente ausgestellt, die kommunikation der us-entscheidungsträger bezüglich der entscheidung des abwurfsortes der atombombe dokumentieren. auf diesem dokument wird argumentiert, warum erstabwurfort doch nicht deutschland gewählt wurde. sieht ma

[monochrom] WWII air raids on Japan were so sucessful that it was hard to find suitable targets for the A-bombs

2010-08-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
In World War I, it was the trenches that captured the imagination of poets. In World War II, it was aerial combat. It is a question that Mr. Swift asks repeatedly in "Bomber County." The U.S. and Britain dropped 1.6 million tons of bombs on Germany, causing civilian casualties of more than one m

[monochrom] There's Always Been Product Placement in the Arts

2010-08-27 Diskussionsfäden das ende der nahrungskette
Jennifer Edwards: "I hate to be a kill-joy, but the vast majority of classical art pieces were designed as product placement ads paid for by monarchs and religious institutions. The Sistine Chapel is an advertisement, just like Shakespearean plays and Swan Lake - all were bought and paid for