To: SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
Morning, Sam and Snippy!
At one time Ike thought Spaatz wasn't tough enough to make hard decisions? This is the guy who devised the daylight bombing war of attrition concept. We lost a lot of good men in that campaign, especially before the P-51's could provide cover all the way to the targets.
The results on the ground weren't very impressive, but the campaign had one undeniable result - the destruction of the Luftwaffe. By D-Day the Allies had complete air superiority over the battlefield.
44 posted on
02/09/2004 9:18:09 AM PST by
colorado tanker
("There are but two parties now, Traitors and Patriots")
To: colorado tanker
Morning CT.
IMHO, the Air Force stuck to the "unescorted bomber" theory too long, the precision daylight bombing was right on though.
46 posted on
02/09/2004 9:35:59 AM PST by
SAMWolf
(I am reading a very interesting book about anti-gravity.)
To: colorado tanker
Good afternoon tanker.
57 posted on
02/09/2004 10:45:47 AM PST by
snippy_about_it
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