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“...[T]he overriding purpose in the initial [American] attacks was to seize control of the skies. ‘Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern
weapons, against an enemy in complete control of the air, fights like a Savage against a modern European army,’ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had observed.”
— Jun 29, 2025 01:12AM
weapons, against an enemy in complete control of the air, fights like a Savage against a modern European army,’ Field Marshal Erwin Rommel had observed.”
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“Because of uncertainty about the effectiveness of the secret carbon filaments [designed to short-circuit electrical grids], most targets draped with Kit 2s were also hit with conventional bombs. Besides, the imprecision of dumb bombs in many cases made pinpoint targeting impossible. Even four months after the war, Iraq’s generating capacity would be comparable with the country’s electrical output in 1920.”
— Jul 09, 2025 10:29AM
