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It all makes sense now (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.