GadolHadofi,
I could write a long preface about what would’ve changed?
Auschwitz was not chosen at random. There were over 40 rail lines nearby.
Instead I’ll tell you about the “Bielefeld Viaduct”
This railway handled approximately 300 trains PER DAY!
If it wasn’t the busiest Nazi railway it was in the top 3.
This made it a #1 priority for the Allies.
Why focus on the Viaduct instead of just “bombing the tracks”?
Because the Germans weren’t stupid. Knowing the war effort relied on the trains they had plans in place to rapidly (usually just a few hours) repair any damage. Imagine driving a race car but not having a pit crew to service your car.
But more importantly, over 4 years the Allies (sometimes Americans, sometimes British) bombed the Viaduct 11 times. Not a single bomb hit the Viaduct!!! A few landed close but caused a negligible amount of damage that affected nothing.
Finally the British built a massive bomb that only needed to land close. Which it did & destroyed the Viaduct. This was in mid-March of 1945. Hitler was dead at the end of April. When the Allies bombed huge factory buildings 90% of the bombs missed the target.
Good luck throwing something out of a moving airplane from 10,000 feet & hitting a target that’s about 7′ wide.
HaRav Weissmandel was a great Tsaddik & Talmidim Chochem but based on what I wrote, as well as other factors I didn’t write, I (& others into this type of history) can’t possibly imagine if even if by some miracle bombs indeed hit some tracks how that would’ve changed anything.
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