The Schweinfurt (and Regensburg) raid was a debacle in many ways but it was also inevitable. Since the 1920s, the USAAC/AAF launched itself upon a trajectory that made a mission like this one a given. Let’s talk about doctrine, assumptions, and path-dependency.
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