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Originally Posted by GoHuskies
Perhaps you can answer a question Nit?
I've heard (from war buffs) that in WWII the US military was a joke and our planes were no match for any other European or Japanese power. According to these select 21-23 year old (experts) Germany and Japan had the best planes just bad commanders. The US never had any good aircraft except for something with a P-Lightning? and a Mustang?
Are they full of biases crap or did we really just win WWII of our greater industrial capacity to win by attrition?
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As far as the Japanese are concerned, I thought it was our planes that were lacking at the start of the war. Then the US built superior aircraft as the war went on, so the zero became outclassed.
The zero was among the most maneuverable planes up until Japan surrendered, but the US built Mustangs and Corsairs that could out dive it and had more top speed. So essentially, the US planes could dive + attack, climb up again, dive + attack, repeat.
Then again, college history classes were so long ago so take that with a grain of salt
