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Yes, that's what I was thinking of. But I'd forgotten LeMay's name :( And I also vaguely remember something about an attack plan by George C. Marshall.
by mirimir 8y ago
Yes, that's what I was thinking of. But I'd forgotten LeMay's name :( And I also vaguely remember something about an attack plan by George C. Marshall.
- arethuza 8y agoLe May was ruthless, but his successor at SAC General Thomas Power sounded like a character from Dr Strangelove: "Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the bastards. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_S._Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_S._Power
- lstroud 8y agoIf memory serves, Patton was a huge advocate for continuing past Berlin to Moscow.
- arethuza 8y agoNot sure that would have been a good idea - the Soviet Red Army was immensely strong and had just done most of the work in defeating the Nazis and the US didn't have man (any?) atom bombs left at the end of the war.
- lainga 8y agoThey didn't have any to start with in May '45, the Trinity test was in July