It would have been a disaster!
We used up our three nukes and had none ready to go. The Russian industries had been moved beyond the Ural mountains, out of range of our bombers. Russia still had an uncommitted army in reserve, Alaska was now a target.
We were still at war with Japan and they might have come in on the Japanese side.
We were infiltrated with communists throughout government and the civilian sectors.
My dad, with Patton’s Army, always said we could have whipped them. I beg to differ.
>We used up our three nukes and had none ready to go. The Russian industries had been moved beyond the Ural mountains, out of range of our bombers.
The B29 would have been in range once we liberated east Prussia.
>Russia still had an uncommitted army in reserve, Alaska was now a target.
Russia had no armies in reserve and was completely out of manpower. All troops used in the invasion of Manchuria came from the western front. Nor could the Russians made any time of amphibious assault in the face of the US navy.
>We were still at war with Japan and they might have come in on the Japanese side.
And done what? There was no possibility of shipping troops from the mainland into Japan by 1945 given our total naval and air dominance.
>We were infiltrated with communists throughout government and the civilian sectors.
My dad, with Patton’s Army, always said we could have whipped them. I beg to differ.
You’re Dad was right and the primary reason we didn’t attack was those same commies hobbling the government who probably later killed Patton.