01-22-2020, 10:23 PM
(10-10-2019, 03:55 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: 1 How do you know how connected all of the tracks were back then? How many alternate routes could just go around a bombed section?
2 Like I said, it would cause big craters in the ground, which wouldn't make it an easy repair. It would also keep the Germans occupied with men and supplies.
3 German planes can't cover everywhere.
It's not like it would require that many planes or bombs.
How many millions of lives could have been saved?
You're trying to make it more simple than it was, in hindsight.
As has been pointed out, the logisitics and man-power make it difficult. As well as has been pointed out, at the time, the depth of the killing wasn't as well known. It's not like the nazi's were letting everyone know, "hey, we're killing millions of Jews over here!".
"The measure of a man's intelligence can be seen in the length of his argument."