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Originally Posted by Vanir
The main force was still strategic bombers, in keeping with thirties doctrine these were medium range, fast twin engine bombers with excellent performance and equipment. Another fresh idea was cast for their protection, Göring decided to implement a heavy long range fighter which would sweep deep into enemy territory ahead of the bombers to strafe airfields and attack enemy interceptors before they could gain altitude. He called this concept the Zerstörer, fielded by the Me-110 and one should note the only reason this wasn't successful in Britain was due to radar. Unfortunately the heavy fighter's performance at his stage of development was sluggish compared to single engine fighters and the Me-110 suffered heavily until it was reassigned as a ground attack warplane.
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The He 111 was a fast twin engine bomber with excellent performance and equipment? since when?
The 'Zerstorer' was not only unsuccesfull because of radar, but because the Me110 was not capable of enagaging the Hurricane or the Spitfire in aerial combat, and this was proved over and over again.
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Originally Posted by Vanir
So in truth the Luftwaffe was very well conceived indeed for the period 1939-40. Its development implementation had been bluffed before then, and lived on the run following due to a basic industrial inadequacy for which Hitler had been ridiculously complacent in his foreign policy (crossing the bridge from politician to madman). But in 1939-40 the Luftwaffe was arguably the best air force in the world, hands down.
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Of course it was one of if not the best airforce, why? bcause we must remember that during this time the Germans were preparing for war and later at war, while the other countries such as Britain still believed that diplomacy would win throught with Germany, and war could be avoided, so war industry was not hopped up. The USA say it as Europe's was, and Russia was not planing for any major war.
I think that because of the fact the Germans were prepared at the time for the opening stages of the war they rolled over all the allied armies and ill equipped air forces. As soon as war had set in and the USA had joined the war, the industrial might of the USA was too much for the small German industry. The british air force match the Luftwaffe over the Battle of Britain and saved the country considering that the Luftwaffe possessed more planes then the RAF and were again prepared for the battle, the British and allied airmen did extremely well. If the Germans could not win against them, then they had no hope of winning the air war, overall.
What if the Russians or the British were at the same stage of readiness as the German armed forces at the opening off the war, would they have succeeded so far and so quickly against so many countries?