Apparently, many years after the war, Eisenhower was asked the question: "If you had a time machine,and could go back to the Day after Pearl Harbor, what is the one action you would take, which you are certain, knowing what you know now, would shorten the War?" His reply was purportedly immediate and unhesitant: "Shoot Admiral King".
So, then- let's postulate how different this timeline might have been, had exactly this taken place (i.e, the day after Pearl Harbor, Admiral Ernest King gets shot dead by the sniper rifle of a mystery assassin, who subsequently vanishes without trace). What kind of impact do you think this POD would have had- short-term and long-term, domestically and internationally? Would it have actually shortened the war, as Eisenhower fervently believed?
So, then- let's postulate how different this timeline might have been, had exactly this taken place (i.e, the day after Pearl Harbor, Admiral Ernest King gets shot dead by the sniper rifle of a mystery assassin, who subsequently vanishes without trace). What kind of impact do you think this POD would have had- short-term and long-term, domestically and internationally? Would it have actually shortened the war, as Eisenhower fervently believed?