9 Which was important,
10 aBecause the Yanks were basically in a hurry,
11 bAnd planning to wrap the whole thing up as quickly as possible,
12 cSince they had learned the last time that there is no food in Europe,
13 dUnless you count France,
14 eWhich you couldn't this time even if you wanted to,
15 And so the important thing was to win and get home again before the troops started demanding ffood.
CHAPTER 1121 In fact, the Yanks were in so much of a hurry that they managed to hurt almost everybody's feelings.
2 gFor example, the Brits thought the best way to bomb Germany into submission was to drop a lot of bombs on their hcities at night,
3 But the Yanks thought that would take too long because it's so hard to aim at night,
4 And so the Yanks sent their ibombers to Germany in broad daylight so they could see to aim,
5 jWhich hurt the Krauts' feelings,
6 kBecause daylight bombing turned out to be a lot more damaging than nighttime bombing,
7 Especially if you have a city made completely out of lchina.
8 mThen the Yanks hurt the Italians' feelings by invading Italy in the wrong place,
9 nWhich was a place called Anzio,
10 Right next to the Monte Cassino abbey,
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11 Which had been a historical landmark for about a thousand years,
12 oUntil the Yanks decided it was so full of Kraut troops that it was holding up progress,
13 And bombed it into rubble,
14 Just to keep things moving.
15 The Yanks also hurt the feelings of the Nips by being in too much of a hurry.
16 For example, they couldn't wait until they actually had bombers within range of Japan,
17 Because they wanted to bomb Japan right away,
18 Or sooner than that if possible,
19 And so they sent pGeneral Doolittle to bomb Japan from thousands of miles away,
20 Which the Nips thought was impolite,
21 qAnd even a little worrisome.
22 Then the Yanks decided that it would take too much time to fight the rNips on every little island they had grabbed,
23 sAnd just skipped a bunch of them,
24 So that they could get closer to Japan,
25 Faster,
26 And get the darned thing over with sooner,
27 Because there wasn't any food in the South Pacific either.
CHAPTER 1131 The Yanks back home were also in a big hurry,
2 tBecause building the biggest army in history had pretty well cured the depression,
3 uBut everything was being rationed,
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