"*Part* of the German command was looking for a way out - look what
happened to Rommel. Didn't change the war much."
happened to Rommel. Didn't change the war much."
There are a lot of "what if's" that can be discussed to exhaustion. It may seem like a waste of time. However, I'd prefer to do that than focus entirely on the outcome and say "look what happened".
The combination of Hitler's physical dependence on amphetamines, the onset of ALS and the other plots to remove him from power might have taken Normandy off the minds of military strategists if the time line had only changed a little. Rommel was just a part of the story of how things were coming apart inside the Reich.
There are similarities between how the war ended in both Japan and Germany. Both the incendiary attacks on Germany and the nuclear attacks on Japan (both of little military value) came at the end of the war, where there was a growing consensus in both theaters that the end was near and where the vast majority of deaths from those attacks were civilian.
Mass murder for the sake of spreading fear in the minds of the enemy? I think Todd said it best: "if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck..."
Mike
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*Part* of the German command was looking for a way out - look what
happened to Rommel. Didn't change the war much.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>*Part* of the Japanese government was trying to find a way to surrender,
>before the atom bombs.
>
>Part of the U.S. Navy command held the view that no further military
>operations were necessary and Japan would be compelled to surrender if
>the Allies just waited. Most of the U.S. Army and government felt that an
>invasion was necessary. It's not clear that the U.S. population would
>have accepted just hanging around fully mobilized at war waiting for
>six months or a year until the Japanese government nd army *as a whole*
>concluded that it had no alternative to unconditional surrender.
>
>Doug Woodard
>St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
>
>
>On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Chris wrote:
>
>
>
>>Japan was trying to surrender. The bomb wasn't for Japan, it was to send a
>>message to the other superpower, the Soviet Union. It also was used in part
>>to justify the largest military expense in the history of the nation.
>>
>>Chris K
>>Cayce, SC
>>
>>
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