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To: nickcarraway

In yet another example of God taking sides in an American conflict, the Doolittle Raid benefitted from Divine intervention.

Doolittle had to launch early, after being spotted by the Japanese picket boats. (Why no submarine patrols to clear them out in advance?) Despite adding extra fuel, Doolittle’s team was still expected to fall a few hundred miles short of the Chinese coast and ditch in the ocean.

But then a big storm blew up, providing Doolittle’s boys with a vital tailwind that pushed them along. The storm, from what I’ve read, was unusual for that time of year but it saved American lives.


10 posted on 04/19/2020 5:19:08 AM PDT by DNME (The only solution to a BAD guy with a gun is a GOOD guy with a gun.)
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To: DNME

There are countless examples in WW 2 of being no other explanation for success other than Divine Intervention. God does take sides. So does Satan.


14 posted on 04/19/2020 6:40:02 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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