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Originally Posted by RapeU

Wait Japan and Germany? I get the Japan part but I'm not sure what you're talking about in regards to Germany as we didn't drop the A-bomb on them.

Colonel James Doolittle led the first attack on Japan by American bombers in World War II. Even though the bombing damage was minimal, the Doolittle Raid caused the Japanese high command to over react at Midway. The Battle of Midway was the beginning of the Japanese end.

The 8th Air Force was making little headway against the Germans. Our losses were staggering. German fighter planes were always there to counter our bombers and we were unable to achieve air superiority. A promoted General James Doolittle was put in command of the 8th Air Force and completely redesigned the tactics. Fighter planes were no longer only used to escort bombers. They were sent into German air space to attack the German fighter planes and finally achieve air superiority. Without air superiority, the D Day landings at Normandy would not have been possible.

Actually, the "A-bomb" had little to do with the outcome of the war. In reality, it only affected the Russian input at the end of the war with Japan. But, what would have happened if we didn't have boots on the ground in Europe and a rogue general named Patton, capturing more real estate faster than anyone in history. Without the air superiority provided by the tactics of Doolittle, would Hitler's minions have had the time to complete their own heavy water experiments and would have eventually finished their own "A Bomb"?