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To: LS
LS: "In June 1944, Germany was using one-third of its entire military production vs. western bombers! This was when they desperately needed air support in the east....
"I call it the roach motel technique: put the hotel out and the roaches will come."

Thanks for that great analysis!

Turns out, our "Air Farce" was actually a force to be reckoned with.


16 posted on 10/11/2013 6:41:20 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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To: BroJoeK

They weren’t always accurate-—did I mention that? Our troops were bombed so often by our own planes that they called them the “8th Luftwaffe.”


22 posted on 10/12/2013 7:55:10 PM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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