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Old April 11th, 2008, 12:51 AM
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Default Re: Could the Luftwaffe win their air war?

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Originally Posted by Twitch View Post
You can't have a "what if" if you don't allow historical events to be changed or modified for other possible outcomes. Otherwise T.A.'s statement becomes

"Given history, without changing anything, what could have been changed in the Luftwaffe's strategy to make them successful, if anything?
The question as posed was clearly limited to changes in the Luftwaffe's strategy, rather than anything more fundamental, like a peace-loving Hitler.

As I've pointed out, the strategy would have to have been changed quite significantly several years beforehand, to ensure that the Luftwaffe was properly constitued and equippped to win a battle of attrition over England. By the time the war started, it was too late to do that.
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