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Originally Posted by icenine
1). "Hmmm Bob
what country defeated a massive Air Force and Army while black pajamas and carrying AK-47s   "
2). "air power is not everything. It usually just makes the enemy more determined to win in the long run" |
1). In the jungle against an Army trained and equipped to fight in a conditions more like Europe or North America. McArthur and Ike both warned against getting too heavily involved in S.E. Asia. Turns out they were right, just as Ike was right about the MIC.
2). Speaking of Nazis..........I'd say air superiority pretty much did them in. The Japanese too.
Dave
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Last edited by BlueStreak; 02-28-2013 at 09:51 PM.
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