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Originally Posted by Sloniksp
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.
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The Luftwaffe certainly had enough aircraft left for
Bodenplatte - I don't know exactly how many ; Erich can probably give more info on this. The Germans needed to launch the Ardennes offensive under cover of cloud because they had well-learned the lessons of Falaise ; just how destructive the 9th AF and 2nd TAF could be.....
Going back to the topic, I'd go along with the general consensus of a longer war. In addition, the Germans would have had an uninterrupted opportunity to develop their 'wonder weapons' ( from the MP44 to the Me262 and the V2 ) all of which - sometimes accidentaly - had their development and production interrupted by Allied bombing.