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Hello does anyone have information and of course pictures of the bombers and
fighters with BMW jet engines of around 1944 = 1955. I watched an programme on TV last night where many German aircraft were shewn which were quite remarkable even by today's standard . It was quite fortunate for the allied forces that the war did not progress any further than it did The stealth bomber that they had was quite amazing even though not intended when designed TIA ..................Leslie -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
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"Therefore" wrote: Hello does anyone have information and of course pictures of the bombers and fighters with BMW jet engines of around 1944 = 1955. I watched an programme on TV last night where many German aircraft were shewn which were quite remarkable even by today's standard . It was quite fortunate for the allied forces that the war did not progress any further than it did The stealth bomber that they had was quite amazing even though not intended when designed Actually, it was even MORE fortunate for Germany that the war didn't last longer -- there was the matter of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," who probably would have visited Berlin or Hamburg, instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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![]() "Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news ![]() Actually, it was even MORE fortunate for Germany that the war didn't last longer -- there was the matter of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," who probably would have visited Berlin or Hamburg, instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I doubt that. The Germans did not put up a stiff resistance like the Japanese did. The Germans did not come up with suicide planes, and never fought to the last man, like they did in Iwo Jima. Germany fought 'our' type of war. I was taught the sole reason for the A-bombs to hit Japan was the believe that the US would have to fight every man woman and child in every Japanese street, at unbelievable cost in human lives for the US armed forces. Ron -- Non urinat in ventum |
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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
news ![]() In article , "Therefore" wrote: Hello does anyone have information and of course pictures of the bombers and fighters with BMW jet engines of around 1944 = 1955. I watched an programme on TV last night where many German aircraft were shewn which were quite remarkable even by today's standard . It was quite fortunate for the allied forces that the war did not progress any further than it did The stealth bomber that they had was quite amazing even though not intended when designed Actually, it was even MORE fortunate for Germany that the war didn't last longer -- there was the matter of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," who probably would have visited Berlin or Hamburg, instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While it's true that Fat Man and Little Boy were the end results of a project started because of an apprehension that Germany was working on a similar weapon, it was well known by D-Day that German work towards a fission bomb had gone nowhere. This the justification for using those bombs in Europe had vanished. Moreover, by early 1945 conventional bombing had eradicated virtually every target in Nazi-occupied Europe that wasn't deep under ground. IOW there was nothing in Germany left to bomb. Additionally, the USSR -- then allied with the west -- wanted revenge and would have objected to being denied the conquest of Berlin. The USSR had not been informed, officially, of the existence of the A-bomb project and didn't _officially_ know about it until the post-war Potsdam conference. The Soviets may have been allies, but no one in Washington wanted them to see the USA's hole card until absolutely necessary. Those bombs couldn't have been used in Europe without prior warning given to all the allies. Here's the kicker: where Japan was concerned the USA could call the shots, because it was the only nation at war with Imperial Japan with significant numbers of ground forces at risk in case of an invasion of the Home Islands. But in Europe, while the USA was certainly the heavyweight among western allies, all the Allied ground forces combined didn't equal the size of the Soviet forces already committed. When you remember the tough time that the western allies had up to the Rhine crossing, it's a chilling thought to remember that we in the west were facing only 1/3 of German forces. The other 2/3 were busy trying to hold back the Red Army. And, as Ron has noted, German resistance to invading armies was nothing like what had been seen and could be expected from Japan. Hitler may have called for everyone to fight to the death, but only the SS came close to doing that. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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"Therefore" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
. .. Hello does anyone have information and of course pictures of the bombers and fighters with BMW jet engines of around 1944 = 1955. I watched an programme on TV last night where many German aircraft were shewn which were quite remarkable even by today's standard . It was quite fortunate for the allied forces that the war did not progress any further than it did The stealth bomber that they had was quite amazing even though not intended when designed TIA ..................Leslie -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access Do you mean this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_brothers There was nothing comparable in the world at that time and any flying wing technology that was developed after the war was based on the experience of the germans. Similar to early jet engines and rocket development. -- Gruß Guybrush |
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Time does not allow me to respond in the manner that the subject
deserves. Still I am compelled to respond in near point form. to several of your points. The Germans did not come up with suicide planes, and never fought to the last man, like they did in Iwo Jima. Your language is imprecise. What is - "come up with"? Some would say that they did. Look up Reichenberg. They came up with it, but did not use it, operationally. http://greyfalcon.us/Fiesler%20Fi.htm However, they did use their Rammjaeger forces. This was arguably a suicide mission. Quoting from the Osprey book Aviation Elite 020 - Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen page 118. "Oberst Herrmann's plan was to take the Sturm concept one logical step further still. He wanted to form an all-volunteer fighter unit that would undertake to carry out a massed attack on a USAAF heavy bomber formation not using cannon, with ramming as a last resort, but with the intention from the outset deliberately to ram. As a sop to the sensibilities of the more conservatively minded in the OKL, it was pointed out that this would not be a suicide mission. Great stress was laid upon the fact that the pilot had every chance of surviving a mid-air collision, as witness the many previous instances of Sturm pilots having done just that. But as the volunteers would be flying standard Bf 109 fighters rather than heavily armoured Sturmbocke, the odds on survival would not be high!" As for your contention that they never fought to the last man. I MAY agree with this. But then I would delve further and ask why? (Or why did the Japanese on occassion fight to the last man). And the answer I would come up with is that the Germans were given the chance to surrender and the Japanese were not. Read the following to understand what I am driving at. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_..._and_civilians When prisoners were needed, for their intelligence value for example, it was NEVER difficult to obtain them. For further on this read the John W. Dower book. It is both excellent and eye-opening. Germany fought 'our' type of war. I understand what you are getting at. And in the past I may have asserted the same thing too. But I now think that this is imprecise. Verging on flat out wrong. Germany did not fight "out type of war" on the Eastern Front. When times get tough enough there is no our type of war. I was taught the sole reason for the A-bombs to hit Japan was the believe that the US would have to fight every man woman and child in every Japanese street, at unbelievable cost in human lives for the US armed forces. With respect Ron but what you were taught was wrong. There never is a sole reason for any decision. Truman had no compunction against using it against Germany had resistance not collapsed and the need remained. Back to the subject of German stealth bombers... if anyone wants to see what one was like - take a blank napkin and draw any adolescent fantasy you can dream up. Then you will have what they managed to accomplish toward the end of the war. A fantasy paper only project which does not deserve further discussion. Waldo. |
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Ron schrieb:
"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news ![]() Actually, it was even MORE fortunate for Germany that the war didn't last longer -- there was the matter of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," who probably would have visited Berlin or Hamburg, instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I doubt that. The Germans did not put up a stiff resistance like the Japanese did. The Germans did not come up with suicide planes, They did, but not in reasonable numbers. Maybe for most occasions the purpose was not suicide but the result was the same. And far less effective. Bachem Natter and the Rammjaeger to be mentioned. and never fought to the last man, like they did in Iwo Jima. Oh, they sometimes did, in some occasions due to sheer abducted motovation, sometime due to sheer chancelessness of retreat. Germany fought 'our' type of war. No. The US paid their toll, but their way to fight compared to any other in all theatres of operations was most of the time rahter a good massive gangbang. They could effort it. I was taught the sole reason for the A-bombs to hit Japan was the believe that the US would have to fight every man woman and child in every Japanese street, at unbelievable cost in human lives for the US armed forces. The toy was there, no question, it had to be played with. It hit Japan, because their culture and their outer appearance was not as far as close to the US than the far more related german. Even the racism... It was the 40ies then. |
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Do you mean this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_brothers There was nothing comparable in the world at that time and any flying wing technology that was developed after the war was based on the experience of the germans. Similar to early jet engines and rocket development. -- Gruß Guybrush FRom the Udvar-Hazy center. The last remaining pieces of the Horten bomber concept |
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Sorry guys grabbed this from the regular folder, not the resized one.
Apologies for the huge file. Bruce "Bruce R" wrote in message ng.com... FRom the Udvar-Hazy center. The last remaining pieces of the Horten bomber concept |
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