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Operation Titanic

For a while, the Lamb (US) was laying down with the Lion (Soviet Union). When he realized he had been betrayed by Hitler's "non-aggression pact," Stalin allowed the US to build air bases in Russia. This gave the Mighty Eighth and Fifteenth Army Air Forces two advantages: 1. When on bombing missions in Germany, the bombers could fly straight over their bombing objectives, drop their bombs, and fly straight into the welcoming arms of the allied Russians, without having to turn around and again face the anti-aircraft flack guns and German fighters. 2. This going straight through Germany saved us precious fuel by cutting the mission distance to almost half.

Navajo Indian Radio Operators!

One of the cleaverest ideas was the use of Navajo Indian radio operators to confuse the ememy. I can just imagine the looks on the faces of the Japs who tried to intercept these messages!

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