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To: xone

Yes and no. We might have accomplished the same thing by bombing hell out the rail marshaling yards.
Which is exactly what we did prior to D-Day. It eventually got to the point that the Germans had to road march by night to get anywhere.


38 posted on 03/09/2015 1:33:29 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Little Ray
We might have accomplished the same thing

Wrecked railroads but intact vehicles. Bombing the railyards prior to DDay provided that tactical advantage of forcing road marches. By the mid 1944 many things had changed in the war. Leaving production unhindered wouldn't have helped the Eastern front which likely would have affected mid-1944 in a negative way for the Allies.

49 posted on 03/09/2015 1:46:26 PM PDT by xone
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