The more you think about it, the better/worse it gets.
They couldn’t fly from Japan to Hawaii even using the more reasonable route. They were brought nearer using aircraft carriers.
The Doolittle Raid launched longer-range bombers from US carriers to hit Japan and they were lightened up to the max (dumped their guns and anything else non-essential) and planned from the get-go to ditch over China because flying back would be impossible.
Being able to fly a bomber halfway across the World was beyond WW2 tech.
The more you think about it, the better/worse it gets.
They couldn’t fly from Japan to Hawaii even using the more reasonable route. They were brought nearer using aircraft carriers.
The Doolittle Raid launched longer-range bombers from US carriers to hit Japan and they were lightened up to the max (dumped their guns and anything else non-essential) and planned from the get-go to ditch over China because flying back would be impossible.
Being able to fly a bomber halfway across the World was beyond WW2 tech.
The Brits flew night raids deep into Europe, dropped their payloads and returned home. The Tech definitely DID EXIST.
I do not think you appreciate just how vast the pacific is…
Bruh hawaii to mainland USA is 2400 miles.
britain to cyprus 2300 something.
London to berlin is about 580 miles by air.
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