[spanalot]

"It was a political impossibility given the American people's mindset in 1945."

Only if you read the NY Times or worked in the State Dept.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Clueless ideological aspersions do not improve your lack of geopolitical understanding much less vastly increase American force deployment in 1945. There simply was no army of sufficient size to do anything about the Soviets in Europe in 1945. Patton's speculations included him CAUSING a vast increase in our forces. Soviet armies were at least 3 million strong and they had no compunction about TAKING any supplies they might need to fight us.

[Locomotive Breath]

My F-i-L was a bombardier in B-17s and B-24s. According to him, after May '45, the attitude was - OK we beat Hitler. Can we go home now? Significant numbers were severely disgruntled at the prospect of having to go fight Tojo.

[Locomotive Breath]

My F-i-L was a bombardier in B-17s and B-24s. According to him, after May '45, the attitude was - OK we beat Hitler. Can we go home now? Significant numbers were severely disgruntled at the prospect of having to go fight Tojo.