PLIR 3500 Lecture 4: lecture 4
16 Feb 2017
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D day fails: atomic alternatives in europe stephen ambrose. 6/19 ends up being a worse storm sea sickness, drowning, no dukws, no air cover, no paratroopers. Storm continues send troops failure possibly try again or cut your losses. Germany and japan still lose war soviets gain more influence in asia and. D day requirements: full moon (for light), low tide, attack at dawn, paratroopers released soon after midnight. Favored earlier invasion because it might"ve shortened the war (by up to a year) Advantage: germany weak after a winter of losses. Counterfactual: if the allies had taken berlin, the war in the european front would have ended. Since germans surrendered, the united states decided to use the atomic bomb on japan rather than germany. Germany first approach germany is the major threat so all attacks there take priority over anywhere else (esp. Roosevelt and churchill did not view japan as the major enemy.
