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Old May 20th, 2007, 03:43 PM
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Default Re: What if GB and the USA didn't bomb industry?

LW had many brand new planes available up to the end of the war, many of them were captured intact because there were no more fuel and pilots available. IIRC Germany produced around twice as many planes in 44 than in 43.

IMHO Germans missed fuel and pilots, way more than planes.

If we suppose a German air superiority over Germany controled territories (it's the subject of this what if), maybe this would mean less German losses (especialy against allied heavy bombers), but what about the fuel issue ?

Of course, German air sup. over Germany would mean better logisitcs, and to some extent more synthetic fuel production, but I've always thought the main German fuel issue was not really loss of air sup., but being cut from each (friendly) controled oilfield as time passed.

I mean, after being cut from Romanian oilfields, where the hell will Germany find its fuel, with all the air superiority of the world ? The small Hungarian oilfields were far from enough.
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