What was the One Thing that won WWII?

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America on Japan, then a few days later on Germany. With one vote against war, a Sanetor from Mantana :)

Erich, are you talking about the fast light Jeep carriers that the USN used to sail with the convoys? They were a good idea. As much as I like the Liberators in the Coastal Comand U-boat hunters, the Wildcats and Hellcats on the Jeep carriers were very effective. I will agree that they are overlooked, so why nbot talk aboput them? I have read alittle about it while looking at the Cats. :)
 
I am reading about that or starting, but I am away from my normal computer and resurch so I can say that it was a strong presence from 1943 on. They were fast and carried fighters and torpeado bombers.

The Jeep carriers are unsung. I will try to look up more info. ;)
 
The Jeep carriers were unsung, thought your description of them as being 'fast' is a bit misplaced. The Jeeps were quick conversions of merchant ships and most of them could not make 20kts. I don't believe the Hellcat was deployed on the Jeep carriers. The Navy wanted all of them it could get to defend the big fleet carriers. That being said, the role of the jeep carriers were huge. Even with the Lib, Cat, and Sunderland on the job, there was still a hole in the aircover until the jeeps came along.
 
There are many weapons of the war that are never recognised, the torpedo boats for instance.

And may I point out that Germany declared war on American (How many times have I pointed this out?). And technically Japan declared war on America (I know America did it officially) because an aggressive act towards another nation is a declaration of war.... :D
 
LG- I could have been thinking of the smaller Escourt carriers that worked in the Pacific, or I could just be getting them confused as the same two names. One of the things that gets me when reading history. I do think the F6F was on the jeeps, but I might have miss read. i know the F4F did fly from these little flattops.

As for a whole, I am not shure a whole as much as that the jeeps let you have greater flexibility and sustained hunting of the pray. 8)
 
I've not seen anything about F6F's serving on the jeeps. For the most part in ended up being a mix of F4Fs and TBMs (more fighters used in the Pacific, more bombers in the Atlantic). Initially SBDs were used on the escort carriers but the lack of folding wings made for an even tighter fit so they went to the F4F/TBM mix.
 
ok I might have miss read. As I was reading about the Hurricanes I read they were lanched from merchant ships, but the plane had to be diched after they flew. :( Seems a little waste of the airfram. This was before the jeep carriers in the dark days of convoys.
 
It could be considered a waste of an airframe. But when you consider that each Fw-200 not shot down or driven away by those Hurricanes could have meant an attack on that convoy by a Wolfpack leading to the lose of ships, material, and lives it isn't that bad of a trade. I think of greater concern is the risk to the pilot. Rescuing someone out of the North Atlantic is far from easy.
 
Stalingrad was a very important battle. But I wouldn't point to it was the 'one thing' that won the war in Europe.
 
LG-Thanks for the thoughts. I would agree that the North Atlantic can be a very hostle place. I grew up in Maine and seeing the see as a good storm was comming in is just power. Also the water is only 55 degrees F in summer :)

AS for what won the war think on this quote:
"No arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of the free men and woman." –Ronald Reagan 40th President USA.
 
If still say if I was going to pick one thing, it was the industrial capacity of the Allied powers. For the most part, the war was one of attrition and we simply out-produced the Axis.
 
well it depends, the most important for saving us when we were in trouble was RADAR, the most important thing for our offensives was the production capacity of the Allies..............
 
Hehe have any of you heard of Oswald Mosley???
 
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