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To: bearshark who wrote (245553)	4/5/2002 9:31:17 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

I think that is my basic problem, I don't drink beer......

To: bearshark who wrote (245553)	4/5/2002 8:58:33 PM
From: bearshark	Respond to of 769670

I was looking at some of the posts here dealing with the development of the nuclear weapon and our victories in World War II and thought that the following information would be informative. The two sites below should dispel the idea that Germany was a real nuclear threat in World War II. Of course, it did not matter whether the threat was real. It was possible. The second site listed provides copies of the Szilard and Einstein letter. bullatomsci.org aip.org Additionally, I have always found this passage from p. 296 of William Manchester's, The Glory and the Dream, to be illustrative of why the United States was victorious during WWII. "To put U. S. military production in perspective, it may be useful to note that on May 10, 1940, when the Wehrmacht burst through the Lowlands and the Ardennes, its historic blitzkrieg was supported by 3,034 aircraft, 2,580 tanks, 10,000 artillery pieces, and 4,000 trucks. In the five years following the French collapse, America turned out: Warplanes (296,429) Tanks (including self-propelled guns) (102,351) Artillery pieces (372,431) Trucks (2,455,994) Warships (87,620) Cargo ships (5,425) Aircraft bombs (tons) (5,822,000) Small arms (20,086,061) Small arms ammunition (rounds) 44,000,000,000 At Teheran, late in 1943, Marshal Stalin proposed a toast: 'To American production, without which this war would have been lost.'" This production is only a part of the great sacrifice the World War II generation made to ensure our rights.