But at least we learned lessons, so Operation Rolling Thunder won the Vietnam war for us.* Archived Message
Posted by DT on January 29, 2024, 18:17:55, in reply to "On the flip side, despite the gargantuan amount of resources and lives the US and UK poured into…"
Previous Message …the strategic bombing campaign, it’s pretty hard to quantify any real impact on the course of the war. Strategic bombing was a massive waste of resources, and its futility eventually warped its advocates into supporting horrific crimes like the fire bombing of Dresden and Tokyo, which had no goal other than the murder of civilians. Previous Message ...or any meaningful strategic threat to the US homeland.
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