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 | | He had not received the complete results from the attack yet, but he knew that with the depleted force that had actually dropped bombs on Schweinfurt, there was little hope that the ball bearing factories were bombed out of commission.18 |
 | | In his autobiography, Bomber Offensive, Harris defended his position, saying that every time the Americans went to one of these targets, their resources were so depleted as to not return for a couple of months, giving the Germans ample time to rebuild or replace everything that was destroyed. |
 | | Two weeks after the battle, as a direct result of the massive losses over Schweinfurt, Arnold directed that all P-51s Mustangs and the majority of the longer-range P-38’s were to be allocated to the European Theater.23 Eaker at last had the long-range fighters that he had been requesting for over a year. |
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