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re: How were German armored divisions so much more elite than their US counterparts
Posted on 10/25/14 at 10:28 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 10/25/14 at 10:28 am to Ace Midnight
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That was done by irregulars prior to Overlord.
I never said post overlord. It was still carried out by the Allies who were very much involved in 1943 with air raids and heavily involved in North Africa. They, not the Russians, planned the sabotage mission carried out by Norwegian specialist. Sure Einstein and others fled Nazi Europe, but there were plenty of brilliant scientist left in the Reich. Hence paper clip after VE day.
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Posted on 10/25/14 at 10:31 am to tbrig3211
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Hence paper clip after VE day.
That was mainly for the rockets though. We knew we were on the right track for the bomb. The Germans were already using ballistic missiles - the Russians had their shopping list and we had ours.
Set the stage for a great space race 15 years later, though.
Posted on 10/25/14 at 10:36 am to tbrig3211
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I never said post overlord.
Well, the implication is that without the Second Front (Overlord) - the Soviets would have lost. In reality, Stalin was pushing for it to take the load off his guys. Churchill was pushing for it to save as much of Western Europe as possible from Soviet occupation. FDR was reluctant because we still needed to fight the Japanese (which he knew was his electorate's priority, and would be less so for Sir Winston and Uncle Joe), and wanted to keep U.S. losses in the ETO at a minimum.
Thus all the wheeling and dealing between the Big Three.
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