I am watching a tape over the war as it was felt in London. I got to thinking that there was a real potential that if the V-1 had been operational at the time of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain could have gone differently. Over 30,000 V-1s were manufactured, flack was ineffectual, fewer than 300 taken out by barrage balloons, and aircraft was rarely effective other than the tricky manuevers by the Tempests. Only roughly a third of the V-1 were launched and manufacturing was under the most difficult conditions.

What effect might it have on the outcome if the Germans were to use their bombers to concentrate on military targets and used the V-1s between raids. The Brits would have to fly against both targets, yet the German airmen would have more rest. That the Germans came close to gaining complete air control is well known, but now it would also be affecting morale that the Germans could continue to bomb without any loss of manpower.

There would also be a potential with Britain out of the way to lauch V-1s against the Russians.

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