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Strategic bombing only accounted for about 160,000 of the 635,000 tons, remarkably similar bombing statistics to the Pacific theater of World War II, actually.

We dropped 635,000 tons of bombs during the Korean War, almost as many as we dropped in the Pacific theater of World War II fighting a much more powerful enemy and in less time. So, why the different outcomes? The reason is obvious: strategy. The Chinese pushed us back to the southern part of...

I came to this site to start a thread saying we would've won the Korean War if Patton had been the commander. Patton would've pursued an aggressive strategy instead of parking the Army on the 38th parallel for 2 years the way Matthew Ridgeway did.

But suppose the British and French had had their forces in an offensive position along the French German border ready to invade Germany as soon as the Germans invaded Poland.

What if Britain and France had launched a full scale invasion of Germany across the French-German border after Germany invaded Poland?

If by a sign that the French didn't trust them, you mean that they didn't trust their ability to defend their territory against a German invasion, then yeah. But, the French could've just said "Fuck it."

What if France had fortified the Maginot line to the English Channel?

An HC Mark 13 16 inch shell for a Mark 7 (Iowa class battleship gun) weighs 1,900 lbs and carries 153.6 lbs of explosives. A 2,000 lb MK84 bomb carries 945 lbs of explosives. A MOAB weighs 21,715 lbs and carries 8,500 kg (18,739.4 lbs) of explosives. So, obviously, you're getting much more bang...

What did those ground forces do in Europe? Did they sit there for 2 years like they did in Korea? No, they attacked. Bombs are way more powerful than shells. And how could they be good at avoiding air bombardment, but not so good at avoiding artillery bombardment?

OK, let's forget about the Pacific Theater and look at the European Theater. I should've mentioned this in the first place. But, I didn't think about it thoroughly. The Western Allies dropped less than 850,000 tons of bombs tactically (not counting strategic bombing) in the European Theater...

Japan had 2,520 front line combat aircraft in January, 1942. Germany had 2,561 in December, 1941. In December, 1941, Japan had 10 carriers (2 more than we did), 10 battleships, 36 cruisers (as many as we did), 113 destroyers and 63 submarines. It had 7,200,000 people in its armed forces at the...

OK, let's forget about the Pacific Theater and look at the European Theater. I should've mentioned this in the first place. But, I didn't think about it thoroughly. The Western Allies dropped less than 850,000 tons of bombs tactically (not counting strategic bombing) in the European Theater...

You're right. Air power can't take land away from the enemy. That's why you need an aggressive ground strategy to go with it. We didn't have one. If we did, we would've won. Our air power wasn't barely sufficient to suppress the enemy. It was more than sufficient to defeat the enemy if we'd have...

First of all, Russia wasn't a combatant in the war. There were Russian pilots flying North Korean planes. But, that didn't make it a combatant. China was a backward, impoverished country during the Korean War. Japan was a major combatant in World War II. It was a great power. China had a lot of...

How many times do I have to repeat myself? 635,000 tons almost is as many as we dropped in the Pacific Theater of World War II fighting a much more powerful enemy and in less time. That should've been more than enough to defeat North Korea and China. The problem was we didn't take advantage of...