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Originally Posted by August
I'll grant you the Soviet tank superiority though we and the Russians just finished defeating an enemy that had technical superiority in many areas and that didn't help them. Also I think you seriously underestimate the power of our Air Forces in 1945. Remember we not only have the Mighty 8th we also have the fleets of B-29's from the Pacific at our disposal.
But I really don't get your thinking on the Atomic bomb. The main target of strategic importance would be the Red Army and they presumably would be massed on the front line in eastern Europe within easy reach of bombers flying out of England. Not that they'd really need it. By '45 thousand bomber raids were commonplace and would do far greater damage than a single A-bomb.
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But what would our B-29's have bombed? A bunch of rubble in Eastern Europe? All the Soviet heavy industry was behind the Urals, out of range of our bombers. Even if we nuked Moscow, it wouldn't have severely impaired the Soviets' ability to fight.