Good point, Friedrich, on the thread- I'll go bump one maybe!
Especially since I disagree- the germans were very talented strategically... and yet they lost the war. I would definetely say that manpower and resources win wars. Gasoline, food, ammunition, spare parts- those are some things that win wars.

Good point also from Martin. In addition, I would think that the german FlaK troops were a bit more well-trained than the bomber crews. FlaK troops I believe were organized into battalions, so the germans would have more manpower that would essentailly be ready to fight... good point.
I'd still maintain that the outcome of the war would change very little... I actually just helped work on a piece about the 8th air force for a high school textbook I'm working on. My research for this, although pretty basic, did seem to turn up very mixed reviews of the bomber offensive. Some sources pointed to the bombing winning the war, while others claimed the offensive to be so useless that bombs generally didn't even hit anything. I'd think the truth would come in between... the bombing offensive helped the allied effort, but it was not a decisive theater (operation?)

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