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Old 4th Jun 2020, 09:37
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Jackonicko
 
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I don't know about that.

There were plenty of people urging greater investment in the kind of things that 2 Group was doing with its Bostons, etc.

Operation Oyster (the raid on the Philips plant at Eindhoven) showed what was possible - major damage was inflicted with great accuracy, relatively light collateral damage and (apart from the Venturas) with relatively light losses.

But too many senior officers wanted more obvious 'headline' results, even though they clearly lacked the tools to achieve them.

Harris was supremely indifferent and uninterested in anything that he saw as a sideshow, and 'tactical' bombing fell into exactly that category for him.

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