--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [I asked:] > >My understanding is that they were mere weeks away > >from being able to bomb the US mainland - is that > just an 'urban war myth?' (Not a rhetorical question, > BTW) > > Must be an Urban Myth, as the Germans cancelled all > heavy bomber projects. > The Germans had no force projection outside of > Europe. Their Navy would > have to deal with the Royal Navy before dealing with > the growing and potent US Navy.
Thanks for the clarification; some of what I "know" in history turns out to be an exaggeration or misrepresentation. > My point is that Germany was as much a threat to the > US in WWII as they > were in WWI. Japan was far more a threat, able to > project naval power and > actually pose a credible threat to the US. Yet we > declared Germany to be > the greater threat, something I think the Roosevelt > administration wanted to do long before Pearl. I only read a little bit of the linked article(s) about Japanese biowarfare/experimentation [how anyone who calls themselves a physician could participate in - hell, *design* - such monstrous projects is incomprehensible]; I think the impact of some project like "Cherry Blossom..." would be more 'terror' than actual damage, but the psych blow would be considerable. Debbi Pearl Harbor Conspiracy? Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
