ORAC,
YOU call ME pompous and insufferable, forgive me for guffawing!
I do not hold that it was the case, but there IS an argument for it. B-36's with atomic weapons in 1948, supporting the Russians overland via Iran/India etc. I agree most unlikely but it is just a part of a historical perspective on the BoB that did not really exist in the 50's and 60's.