Today I got this book out of the library about the possibility of another war in Europe, written in 1936 by Bertrand Russel. Its called, "Which Way to Peace" and it contains some fascinating scenarios for how WWII could play out or be avoided.
One caught my attention tonight. The wildly improbably suggestion of Major-General Fuller that London would be attacked by 500 aeroplanes, each carrying 500 ten-pound bombs of something like mustard gas.
This would cause 200,000 "minor casualties" and would send the city into a panic. Hospitals would be filled, traffic would be stopped and in a few hours parliament would be "swept away in an avalanche of terror". The war would be over in two days and the winning side may suffer not a single loss of life.
I know its wildly unlikely, but lets assume Britain and France were both defeated using this strategy. WWII ended within 48 hours and no Nazis were harmed. How would the world look after such an event?
One caught my attention tonight. The wildly improbably suggestion of Major-General Fuller that London would be attacked by 500 aeroplanes, each carrying 500 ten-pound bombs of something like mustard gas.
This would cause 200,000 "minor casualties" and would send the city into a panic. Hospitals would be filled, traffic would be stopped and in a few hours parliament would be "swept away in an avalanche of terror". The war would be over in two days and the winning side may suffer not a single loss of life.
I know its wildly unlikely, but lets assume Britain and France were both defeated using this strategy. WWII ended within 48 hours and no Nazis were harmed. How would the world look after such an event?