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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: Henry Volquardsen who wrote (4660)10/27/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Hoa Hao  Read Replies (2) of 6418
 
Congrats to Ma!! She now joins the rest of us German Americans. Have a beer for me.

"blanket the battlefield with fighter sweeps" Thats what I thought happened!! There really was not much German fighter strength Left in France by the time of the invasion. What the US/UK did in terms of tac air dawarfed anything the Germans ever did. Much of the problem of supply was the lack of ports available, the Germans of course hardly co-operating and blowing things up. That is what "A bridge Too Far" is all about. Trying to get in to the Dutch ports. What I think you can make an argument for is something kicking around my head for years. Instead of a
massive four engine bomber program, develop a really large transport capable of moving a tank, or developing a air transportable tank. Imagine a air drop by glider and C-47 on an air field deep behind the lines. Then several hundred sorties a day by really Big 4 or 6 engine transports. The possibilities boggle the mind, but it is probably a bit too far for the thinking of the day.
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