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desirableroasted · 12-02-10, 08:03 PM

I am reminded of a National Lampoon spoof which went something like:

"Exam question: What if Custer had had an atom bomb at Little Bighorn? Consider your answer carefully and support your arguments."

XXIs from 1939 would have moved the needle, sure, but in that huge swirling vat of variables that is WWII, I cannot see it would have made a difference.

Perhaps a fleet of XXIs in '39 would have been so successful and demoralizing to the British leadership that Halifax would have been chosen as PM instead of Churchill. And then perhaps Halifax would have appeased. That would have been a game-changer. But that is two "perhaps" on top of "ifs."

12-02-10, 08:03 PM	#13
desirableroasted Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In the mountains, now. On the edge of the sea before. Posts: 933 Downloads: 47 Uploads: 0	I am reminded of a National Lampoon spoof which went something like: "Exam question: What if Custer had had an atom bomb at Little Bighorn? Consider your answer carefully and support your arguments." XXIs from 1939 would have moved the needle, sure, but in that huge swirling vat of variables that is WWII, I cannot see it would have made a difference. Perhaps a fleet of XXIs in '39 would have been so successful and demoralizing to the British leadership that Halifax would have been chosen as PM instead of Churchill. And then perhaps Halifax would have appeased. That would have been a game-changer. But that is two "perhaps" on top of "ifs." __________________ "Well, now, that's true... the IXC is a bit of a chick magnet..but you really can't beat the VIIB for off-road fun."