As a result, the plurality of respondents to the absurd "poll" are universally ignorant of the fact that had Germany succeeded in developing a fission bomb, they were prepared to use it.
When Germany saw the their Reich about to be obliterated, they send submarines loaded with uranium yellow cake and heavy water for their "allies" to continue the development of the weapon, defeat the allies, and conclude the Axis conquest of Europe, Asia and... ?
These uninformed tools of the left have no idea how close the US came to falling to the Japanese in the west and Germany in the east.
We were able to eventually rise to victory on the strength of our industrial base.
A base that we no longer have.
In 1989 there was an explosion on the Battleship USS Iowa killing 47 sailors and damaging one of the three gun turrets. It came to light that the US no longer had the capability to manufacture replacements for the three 16 inch guns damaged in the explosion.
The Iowa class battlehips were designed in the late 1930's and built in the early 1940's. But less than 50 years later we couldn't even repair one.
And that was 27 years ago - before NAFTA and other trade deals devastated what remained of heavy industry in the US.
Repair of Iowa's Damaged Turret May Not Be Possible, Skipper Says
By RICHARD HALLORAN, Special to The New York Times Published: April 25, 1989
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va., April 24— The commander of the battleship Iowa said today that damage to a gun turret caused by an internal explosion last week might be so extensive that it cannot be repaired, since the technology and the trained people may no longer be available.
The skipper, Capt. Fred P. Moosally, said in a news conference here that the rest of his ship was unharmed and an option for the future would be to ''button up'' the devastated turret and return the battleship to duty with only two operating turrets.
Other Navy officers pointed out that the three turrets aboard Iowa, huge steel cylinders with three guns on top and six levels below for storing and loading ammunition, were built nearly 50 years ago and that the technology, materials and industrial know-how to rebuild or replace one may not exist today.