Pope asks a fair question. The answers that I've read revolve around limits in munitions (bombs) and aircraft shortages, and range all the way toward the difficulty in destroying rail lines without a sustained air campaign (re-strikes).
Pope asks a fair question. The answers that I've read revolve around limits in munitions (bombs) and aircraft shortages, and range all the way toward the difficulty in destroying rail lines without a sustained air campaign (re-strikes).
I've read FDR didn't want the war to become one of saving the Jews in Europe. It was easier to rally the people around defeating the Nazis than saving the Jews.