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Originally Posted by PzJgr
Consider this, do you think that Germany lost more men due to the insufficient supply of armaments especially fuel? Lets take a look at the Battle of the Bulge, had Hitler uninterrupted supply lines, then he would have had the fuel not only for his tanks but also the planes. Granted, Germany was digging at the bottom on manpower but the Wehrmacht may have been better off if enough fuel and supplies were delivered. No loss of tank crews due to running out of gas and getting hit while walking back to the lines.
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From what I understand , the supply problem in the east was due to simply being overstretched ( for the most part ) I myself am not too familiar with many Germans jumping out of their tanks because they ran out of fuel at Moscow or Kursk. So as for the Eastern front the Germans lost more men due to the Russians shooting accurately rather them not having enough fuel to advance
The Western front might be a little different, Battle of the Bulge you say? I have always thought that the reason why the Germans had no air cover was due to lack of planes ( for the most part ) and not fuel. This is why the Germans launched the attack when the skies were filled with clouds. When the skies cleared, then the Germans got a wooping. The fuel in my opinion had more effect on the tanks rather then planes, as by this time not much was left of the Luftwaffe.
The question should be what happend to the Luftwaffe and how is it that Germany was bombed so heavily? My answer is the Eastern Front, had this not been the case and Germany not loose 10-15,000 planes in Russia, the bombing of Germany's industry and supplies by the Allies would have been more difficult.