On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 21:34:07 +1000, SolomonW
wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 12:28:45 -0700 (PDT), careysub@... wrote:
>
>> If the allies had decided to use gas in WWII, employing bomber forces
>> to drop it once air superiority was established, which would have
>> enabled establishing instantly lethal concentrations over several
>> square miles at a time, then views on the possible effectiveness of
>> gas today would be different (but it would be remembered even less
>> fondly).
>
>Imagine the effect on the fire bombing of Tokyo if gas had been used by the
>allies in the mix.
This could easily have been accomplished by the incineration of one or
more Japanese chemical plants in Tokyo. |
