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Old 02-28-2013, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueStreak View Post
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.

Dave
I respectfully disagree. It was the forces of the Allied troops who invaded France on D-Day from the West and the Red Army from the East. Not to dismiss our air power, but I think the troops on the ground are usually what will win wars like that. Of course the Russian winters hurting their supply lines to the Eastern Front was a big help.
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