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Originally Posted by Red Devil

No matter Steve, its not at all important. I do, for a hobby, WW" reserach and have had a book published.

You are still wrong about USAAF bombing. I suggest you read THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY. It is by far the most detailed and complete resourse for the WWII bombing campaign.

The campaigns against the oil, and the transportation systems were very effective. A short quote from the document:

Production from the synthetic plants declined steadily and by July 1944 every major plant had been hit. These plants were producing an average of 316,000 tons per month when the attacks began. Their production fell to 107,000 tons in June and 17,000 tons in September. Output of aviation gasoline from synthetic plants dropped from 175,000 tons in April to 30,000 tons in July and 5,000 tons in September. Production recovered somewhat in November and December, but for the rest of the war was but a fraction of pre-attack output.

The Germans viewed the attacks as catastrophic. In a series of letters to Hitler, among documents seized by the Survey, the developing crisis is outlined month by month in detail. On June 30, Speer wrote: "The enemy has succeeded in increasing our losses of aviation gasoline up to 90 percent by June 22d. Only through speedy recovery of damaged plants has it been possible to regain partly some of the terrible losses." The tone of the letters that followed was similar

Many have written negative things about the bombing effort in WWII. They either are unaware of the facts, or have chosen to ignore them.