The Amerika Bomber

Blair152

Banned
If the british were lost, somehow, the US was planning a bomber just for that situation, the b-36:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36

And yes, the combat radius is something different than range. But think about the propaganda value if somehow the germans were able to bomb the US east coast. One solution could have been to modified the whole bomber to single, huge flying bomb, and after steering it to target, parachuted to ocean where u-boats could bring you back.
The another point is, ware there any use such a bombing missions? It may cause the same kind of reaction as the attack in Pearl Harbour. There could have been even casualties which are german-born or german-speak.
So personally I think it could have been better not to bomb US cities. But on the other hand, it is rationally thinking...
Stuart Slade has written an alternate history series called The Big One, in
which B-36s nuke Berlin. The second book, Ride of the Valkyries, is about the XB-71 Valkyrie going into service with the Air Force, as the B-71 Valkyrie, and how we'd painted ourselves into a corner with our reliance on nukes.
 
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