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The greatest missions were tactical, not strategic



 
 
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Old September 2nd 04, 08:07 PM
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ArtKramr wrote:

But it was tactical bmbing that cut the Germans off from Normandy. They had
plenty, they just couldn't move it forward as we sliced up the roads and rail
lines and took out the bridges.


True, and Ira Eaker, Jimmy Doolittle and other prominent Army Air Force leaders
undertook the mission with great protests and completely under duress from
Eisenhower.


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everyone on Bear Creek"
 




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