All They Needed Was A Reason – The Bombing Of Kassa

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All They Needed Was A Reason – The Bombing Of Kassa

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Post by fortchoteau » 28 Feb 2014, 02:14

"Intriguingly, historians have not been able to pinpoint who actually was responsible for the bombing. There are questions as to whether it was a conspiracy formulated and carried out by the Germans, an attack by the Soviets or perhaps even the Romanians. The bombing of Kassa has become one of Hungarian history’s most intriguing whodunits. Both academic and armchair historians have spent countless hours trying to solve this mystery. By doing so, they have overlooked an even more important question, namely why. Why would Hungary enter the Second World War over what seems retrospectively to have been an incident that could just as easily have been brushed aside. The focus on who carried out the attack while of interest, is little more than an attempt to retroactively assign blame. Conversely, seeking to answer the question why helps us better understand the fateful decision to go to war."

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