I think you miss the fact that near every man had a rifle in America.
The V-2 was neither effective nor potentially decisive and by the time they came into use German defeat was inevitable. The V-2 strikes on England averaged 2 deaths per missile, not exactly a good return on investment in something that consumed more resources than a B-17 bomber. The only way the V-2 could have been effective was if it had had an atomic warhead.But that's because they WERE very effective, and actually had a chance to change the course of the war. By the time the Japanese firebombs were being used, the war was basically won.
And so what if they had? Lots of timber burns down, so what?Of course they didn't get that even in the 30's and 40's firefighting wasn't so hopelessly incompetent as to stand back and let all of Oregon go up in flames.
Most of the misses against London were due to British intelligence leaking direct hits as overshoots, thus the Germans corrected for the non-existent overshoots, and the V2s fell short from then on.The V-2 was neither effective nor potentially decisive and by the time they came into use German defeat was inevitable. The V-2 strikes on England averaged 2 deaths per missile, not exactly a good return on investment in something that consumed more resources than a B-17 bomber. The only way the V-2 could have been effective was if it had had an atomic warhead.
The V-2 was neither effective nor potentially decisive and by the time they came into use German defeat was inevitable. The V-2 strikes on England averaged 2 deaths per missile, not exactly a good return on investment in something that consumed more resources than a B-17 bomber. The only way the V-2 could have been effective was if it had had an atomic warhead.
Well the British never admitted the damage that the V Weapons were doing on London primarily to avoid public panic and to deny the Germans intelligence on their accuracy, I think news reports at the time attributed them to "gas explosions" or something. The Germans were so anxious to gain information on where the V-1's where landing that they sent the Double Agent Eddie Chapman back into Britain to report on how much effect they were having on Lindon, Chapman immediately reported back to MI5 and they used him to feed back false information that resulted in subsequent V-1's undershooting London.![]()
And so what if they had? Lots of timber burns down, so what?
It wasn't going to be successful, the fires would have been contained and allowed to run out of fuel if they were too big, and extinguished completely where possible.
I wasn't referring to the V-2, but the V-1, in response to the following:
V-1s were fairly effective, especially from a morale standpoint. They were designed to help break England's will to fight.
He's wondering what it would have mattered if they had stepped back and said "eh, Oregon, screw them!"
It would have mattered since timber was used in quite a lot of products, so losing big chunks of the US timber supply would be bad in that respect. Furthermore, losing the forests in the first place would be bad whether or not they had any direct economic value.