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Originally Posted by Olefin
Actually wasnt that the attempted supply run to the Turks?
Thats another reason - why send troops to Yugoslavia when you dont have a hope in heck of supplying them? Not when every ship you send has to run thru narrow waters off both Italy and Greece (both of whom are shooting at you). Only way it makes any sense is if both nations are still in NATO and still assisting you.
I cant see the commanders of those three divisions willingly getting on those ships knowing they were basically being thrown away to die with no hope of support - its one thing if they got sent off in July 1997 not expecting the US to get nuked. "Oh crap where are we going to get out supplies!"
They got sent over eight months later after it was pretty darn obvious that resupply was going to be nothing but fantasy.
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I think what the 7th Fleet (um, isn't the 6th fleet the one in the Med, and the 7th is in the Pacific?) was doing depends entirely on which version of history you use.
I prefer the v1 history, written before Yugoslavia went to pieces; in that case, Yugo comes into the war on the side of NATO. Yugoslavia's resistance heartens Romania, and given them a non-invasive border.
V2 history includes Yugoslavia's (historic) break-up, so its not there as a single entity for the US to try to supply, I think. I'd have to check...
OTOH, how much does it matter?
Uncle Ted