Your point being?
That the responsibility for this tragedy doesn't solely lie with the Germans. I'd say for the greater part with those resistance fighters.
What was she hoping to get from those guys anyways, a sincere sorry for your loss?
Yeah, I was afraid you'd say that.
So killing off ~600 civilians is actually the resistance fighter's fault? You don't see how it is the Wehrmacht overreacting heavily?
I'm truly amazed and also a bit sorry for you.
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You don't think that any well thinking person would do this. They managed to break 2 prisons without firing a shot, to not provoke a response. Because regardless of the Germans being right or wrong, they still had a
responsibility to their own people. And there was no reaction.
There was no reason to provoke the beast, but they still did it. At that time almost 75% of the jewish population was shipped away unprovoked. Shipments that went on schedule I might add.
But when it was clear the war was over, they decided to help by shooting up a random car.
If you pick a fight with a madman its still your own responsibilty.
And maybe get of the high horse, it was a shit time and the US airforce killed around 1000 dutch civilians in one secondary attack when there was an overcast in Germany.
And its hard to say what those old men went through on the eastern front, probably wasn't their hobby either.
And yes TS it was a shit move, but there was a huge machine of destruction crushing Germany by then (1944), and no armed contribution by dutch civilians would have altered the outcome or sped up the war.
So what was there to be gained but personal glory or revenge?
Dutch resistance needed money and coupons to look after people in hiding, when they did use force it was to get these things.
Wouldn't it have made more sence to send these items instead of weapons?
Those weapons were a means to enforce power by the government in exile, over the Netherlands so that possible communist/ groups unfavorable to the government, wouldn't gain to much power.
Weapons in hands of the not to bright can lead to tragedies like this.