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getagrip_already

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28. not in time for hitler.....

Reply to Sonny Mirviss (Reply #27)

Tue Jan 7, 2020, 02:45 PM

Jan 2020

They were used after the fall of germany, on japan.

They weren't ready for hitler, nor were they needed at the end. They would have been used in lieu of d-day however.

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Did the Americans, brits, French ever attempt to assassinate [View all] raccoon Jan 2020 OP

There were plans e.g. dalton99a Jan 2020 #1

No on Hitler jayschool2013 Jan 2020 #2

Well, we did drop about a million pounds of bombs on berlin..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #26

We had nukes Sonny Mirviss Jan 2020 #27

not in time for hitler..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #28

But we have been killing terrorist leaders by drone strike for years ripcord Jan 2020 #3

I remember we passed on Omar exboyfil Jan 2020 #9

I have no doubt that Soliemani ordered the rocket attacks on the US base ripcord Jan 2020 #13

You have also killed or attempted to kill leaders you don't like malaise Jan 2020 #24

No but we assasinated Yamamoto AkFemDem Jan 2020 #4

Yep - Operation Vengeance dalton99a Jan 2020 #7

We did effectively assassinate Yamamoto exboyfil Jan 2020 #5

No, but we did target and kill Admiral Yamamoto bluedigger Jan 2020 #6

We're not in a declared war now though. That's the difference legally. hedda_foil Jan 2020 #10

There is no legal requirement that was must be declared. Kaleva Jan 2020 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author lunasun Jan 2020 #8

We shot down Yamamoto's airplane knowing he was on it Recursion Jan 2020 #11

We also killed hundreds of thousands of civilians on purpose. Kaleva Jan 2020 #15

Expect total war again ripcord Jan 2020 #23

Allies did or aided in the killing of important underlings. Kaleva Jan 2020 #12

Close to the end of the war, the Allies decided to leave Hitler in place. backscatter712 Jan 2020 #16

God, I Love This Take The_Counsel Jan 2020 #21

I believe Hitler tried to assassinate FDR, Churchill and Stalin at Yalta in 1943... First Speaker Jan 2020 #17

We tried several times to take Castro out. Liberal In Texas Jan 2020 #18

Yep. cwydro Jan 2020 #20

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They mention him in the Hradcany tour in Prague Recursion Jan 2020 #29

Poor analogy, sarisataka Jan 2020 #22

Just because our side has elevated an insurgent terrorist to world leader status for political gain Alea Jan 2020 #25