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then came the War . Should have been a piece of cake , holding Germans on the Dyle until Stalin finished the Communist Mobilization -something the Germans could never allow to happen being perhaps the most professional military on the planet . With or without the August '39 Pact Berlin and Moscow would one day come to blows and the smart Democracies would roll in , by about 1942 to sweep all before them . Then France fell . Had to be explained in the Anglosaxon world by the incredible might of the German host and the tendency of the French to surrender to anybody that came along . The French couldn't do that , their "manhood" had suffered enough - they couldn't shoot themselves in the foot with such a defeatists narrative . So , they came up with examples of super-duper German stuff that wasn't even there in the first place . More to the point Germany was quite disrespectful to America which had "decided" the Great War with immense power and even more impressive wealth . People who run countries must be ready to consider anything ; the Package (2) that arrived at the British Embassy in Oslo in 1939 contained quite a few insights into German research in all fields but not much inklings about the nuclear stuff . Which -despite any glorification of the Manhattan Project might suggest- was very "popular" with planners all around the world . Could it be that the Nazi belittling of the "Jewish Science" was based on something really sinister , that they had something else ? Something better , much better ?
and came the Wunderwaffen . Too late too little they might be , but they made an impression . After the Allied Armies cleared the coast , a British official declared the flying bomb threat was largely over , the next day "first"bomb fell , now being fired from He-111s flying over the North Sea . Wasn't exactly a great crisis , British fighter patrols would destroy a great many Luftwaffe aircraft , the RAF was even on the verge on deploying AEW . Then there was the Rocket . Unstoppable once in the air , in added to the stress of civilians , yet considering the waste of the overall programme the Allies were happy that the Germans had chosen to use their industrial capacity on the V-2 . V-3 might have been a problem with multiple artillery barrels aligned on London to keep a continious barrage , but in 1944 / 45 Lancasters were capable of destroying any German fortification by specialized heavy bombs ; and to make it sure that the French wouldn't be able to repair the damage , the British Army "invaded" the site and blew the whole place up . Yet Nazi propaganda kept up the talk on vengeance and new stuff that would put everything right . Have mentioned Wouk's War and Rememberence , in it there is this imaginary von Roon character and his wife asks him everytime they meet that isn't it the time that the Wunderwaffen are deployed and used ... Even the jets , which might have turned the scales and stopped the Allied bombing campaign if developed and deployed seriously were never a threat for the conclusion of the war , in a victory of the West and 'alas' the Soviets . People who run states must consider anything ; could it be that the Germans were so engrossed in research of serious matters that they forgo any realistic appraisal of the little distraction the history calls the Second World War ?
and there was Ike . An errant V-1 hit a truck just across the building he was in and he was overly impressed ... Would make some reason for some thinking when the Russians beat America to Space and all the flamboyant American industry (3) could do was Flopniks and Kaputniks .
yes , once again people who run states must consider anything . Those who ran the UK in 1940 weren't exactly an alarmist group of people , Churchill for one was happy that France had been knocked out ; the spoils of war could be rather more for London . The outcome was never in doubt in the mind of the British ; it would be the fall of Singapur that tore apart their empire , though the silly games the British Army seemed to play with the Deutches Africa Korps were to do lots of damage . As such in the "dark days" of 1940 , Britain was ready to "beg" for assistance from the US and in return for any help that could be provided they were so ready to share the goodies , the technological marvels the British were developing . There had been previous attempts at this , with the Anglo-French calling for licensed production of their weapons in the US and the Americans rejecting . If the Western Europeans wanted tanks from America they would have to buy American designed tanks and so they could keep their "experts" at home . Instead of the said experts' presence within the US Industry to check things and keep everything under "control" . America would never say no to World Dominion , tabs had to be kept on by the Europeans and the nature of things implied that Americans had to reject ...
and came the Wunderwaffen . Too late too little they might be , but they made an impression . After the Allied Armies cleared the coast , a British official declared the flying bomb threat was largely over , the next day "first"bomb fell , now being fired from He-111s flying over the North Sea . Wasn't exactly a great crisis , British fighter patrols would destroy a great many Luftwaffe aircraft , the RAF was even on the verge on deploying AEW . Then there was the Rocket . Unstoppable once in the air , in added to the stress of civilians , yet considering the waste of the overall programme the Allies were happy that the Germans had chosen to use their industrial capacity on the V-2 . V-3 might have been a problem with multiple artillery barrels aligned on London to keep a continious barrage , but in 1944 / 45 Lancasters were capable of destroying any German fortification by specialized heavy bombs ; and to make it sure that the French wouldn't be able to repair the damage , the British Army "invaded" the site and blew the whole place up . Yet Nazi propaganda kept up the talk on vengeance and new stuff that would put everything right . Have mentioned Wouk's War and Rememberence , in it there is this imaginary von Roon character and his wife asks him everytime they meet that isn't it the time that the Wunderwaffen are deployed and used ... Even the jets , which might have turned the scales and stopped the Allied bombing campaign if developed and deployed seriously were never a threat for the conclusion of the war , in a victory of the West and 'alas' the Soviets . People who run states must consider anything ; could it be that the Germans were so engrossed in research of serious matters that they forgo any realistic appraisal of the little distraction the history calls the Second World War ?
and there was Ike . An errant V-1 hit a truck just across the building he was in and he was overly impressed ... Would make some reason for some thinking when the Russians beat America to Space and all the flamboyant American industry (3) could do was Flopniks and Kaputniks .
yes , once again people who run states must consider anything . Those who ran the UK in 1940 weren't exactly an alarmist group of people , Churchill for one was happy that France had been knocked out ; the spoils of war could be rather more for London . The outcome was never in doubt in the mind of the British ; it would be the fall of Singapur that tore apart their empire , though the silly games the British Army seemed to play with the Deutches Africa Korps were to do lots of damage . As such in the "dark days" of 1940 , Britain was ready to "beg" for assistance from the US and in return for any help that could be provided they were so ready to share the goodies , the technological marvels the British were developing . There had been previous attempts at this , with the Anglo-French calling for licensed production of their weapons in the US and the Americans rejecting . If the Western Europeans wanted tanks from America they would have to buy American designed tanks and so they could keep their "experts" at home . Instead of the said experts' presence within the US Industry to check things and keep everything under "control" . America would never say no to World Dominion , tabs had to be kept on by the Europeans and the nature of things implied that Americans had to reject ...