No, I think they try to stick to facts. The Germans began bombing cities in Poland on 1st September, before the British and French entered the...
They look about right, but bear in mind the British casualties are for all aircraft from the RAF in Britain, even if they had nothing to do with...
No, but I am very interested in it. By the standards of the day their bombers were pretty effective. They managed to drop over 50,000 tons of...
Prepare. The problem for the Germans is there bomber losses were high right from the start of the battle, averaging about 8% of sorties...
Actually there were more 109s lost than Spitfires. The RAF lost about 385 Spitfires during the battle, the Luftwaffe 600 109s. The RAF and...
The figures for Hamburg are from The Battle of Hamburg by Martin Middlebrook. Middlebrook quotes the USSBS for the figures on workers at Blohm und...
I doubt Harris changed his mind. In fact, the results he was achieving probably strengthened that belief. Harris didn't like what he called...
The 109 E3 did not have an engine mounted cannon. That's one of William Green's inventions, I believe. The 3 principal variants of the BoB were...
The doctrine was area bombing. It wasn't aimed at killing civilians, but rather destroying the city, and with it all the functions of the ciy...
The RAF claimed about 2400 German aircraft, actual German losses on operations were about 1,800. Not all those were actually shot down by the RAF,...
How? This is of course what the Germans were trying to do. They failed, but not for want of trying. No, the Luftwaffe were losing throughout....
British civilian deaths during the Battle of Britain and Blitz were about 43,000. Dresden is currently estimated at closer to 25,000 than 35,000....
It wasn't considered a war crime because there were no international treaties or laws prohibiting it. That's why the bombing of London, Coventry,...
Haven't read either of the books you mention, but RV Jones devotes a few pages to the subject in Most Secret War. Jones was head of technical...
There's no logical reason for the British to murder Hess in the 80s. Hess had been a prisoner in Britain from 1941 to 1945. If he had known any...
Why 35,000 ft? That's above the absolute ceiling of the 109E, and the fuel situation is going to be even worse for bomber escort at that altitude,...
Can I ask the source for this? There are some high altitude combat accounts at Spitfire Mk I versus Me 109 E For example: "At about 14.55...
That's certainly true for the Luftwaffe historically, but not for the suggested 400 sorties a day by 4 engined heavy bombers.
OK. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey goes in to some detail on German oil production and consumption. According to them, German...
No, 34 - 35,000 ft was service ceiling, not absolute ceiling. The Spitfire I still had a ROC of 650 ft/min at 30,000ft, so the idea they could...
