Topic: The real reason for D-Day

perseus · January 13th, 2008

I should have added that the whole African and Italian theatre had Churchill's fingerprints all over it. In the early stages it was to secure the shipping routes (for the British Empire) hence American suspicion, in the later stages Churchill hoped to encourage a Balkan uprising, although perhaps he invaded the wrong country. It did however provide air bases for the 12th that targeted Ploesti, Vienna, and Budapest, along with the synthetic petroleum plants in Silesia in Poland, and the Sudetenland. The Eighth Air Force did not launch a mission against the oil targets until June 18, when fifteen combat wings of B-17 s attacked eleven oil installations in northwestern Germany. Of course it could, and was claimed they were busy with D-Day before this.

January 13th, 2008
perseus Centurion	I should have added that the whole African and Italian theatre had Churchill's fingerprints all over it. In the early stages it was to secure the shipping routes (for the British Empire) hence American suspicion, in the later stages Churchill hoped to encourage a Balkan uprising, although perhaps he invaded the wrong country. It did however provide air bases for the 12th that targeted Ploesti, Vienna, and Budapest, along with the synthetic petroleum plants in Silesia in Poland, and the Sudetenland. The Eighth Air Force did not launch a mission against the oil targets until June 18, when fifteen combat wings of B-17 s attacked eleven oil installations in northwestern Germany. Of course it could, and was claimed they were busy with D-Day before this. __________________ Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country. Herman Goering Last edited by perseus; January 13th, 2008 at 08:34.