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FDR: Hitler and Mussolini will understand now the enormity of their miscalculations--that the Nazis would always have the…

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Hitler and Mussolini will understand now the enormity of their miscalculations--that the Nazis would always have the advantage of superior air power as they did when they bombed Warsaw, and Rotterdam, and London and Coventry.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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In this statement, Roosevelt highlighted the miscalculations of Axis powers regarding air superiority in warfare.

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