A fast and unusual German

[tony.osborne]

The link below provides a full report and pictures of one of the fastest aircraft of its class, but never went into production. We are talking about the Heinkel He 119. If it had been produced and participated in WW2 its performance would have changed in some way the course of the war? What do you think? Click on the link below and take your own conclusions.


Aviação em Floripa: Heinkel He 119


Best Regards,

Anthony

 

[whitehall]

The Germans had everything going for them while the U.S. suffered through the "great depression" of the 30's. Americans barely had electrical service throughout the country while the Germans were building not only the greatest technological weapons in history but the best trained and motivated army in history. FDR's U.S. Military was under trained and under funded and had virtually no international intelligence network. The Japanese attack on the most likely outpost in the Pacific seemed to come as a surprise on 12/7/41. Americans rallied to the cause even though the president seemed clueless in his 3rd and 4th terms. In the United States a seemingly insane leader can still be controlled by the greatest document ever written, the U.S. Constitution. FDR tried to circumvent the Supreme Court by stacking the Court with dozens of appointments and a presidential order incarcerated innocent American citizens behind barbed wire but congress limited the political assault on the Constitution. In Nazi Germany there was no hope when the leader seemed insane. German scientists developed incredible weapons like the ME 252 that amazed American bomber pilots when it whizzed past them but even if the HE 119 became operational it was just a toy in the hands of a maniac.

 

[regent]

Yes indeedy, FDR had to fight the isolationists, the America-Firsters and the Republican party to rearm America, but it was done. That's the reason FDR's speech mentioning Martin, Barton and Fish went over so well.