The allies could of ended the U-boat war much earlier.

mookiemookie · 03-10-09, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Furthermore, you would need to escort the bombers there, and with the limited numbers, and little long-ranged fighters you would be throwing away your bombers for a target they might not even hurt.

Not to mention that by using your fighters as escorts in a major bombing campaign, you'd be leaving the homeland relatively undefended in the face of the Battle of Britain.

Fincuan · 03-10-09, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Not to mention that by using your fighters as escorts in a major bombing campaign, you'd be leaving the homeland relatively undefended in the face of the Battle of Britain.

Not to mention the main fighter types at the time of the Battle would have to turn back a little bit a after crossing the coast of mainland Europe

Dread Knot · 03-10-09, 10:10 AM

Not well known in the history of WW2 was the uncanny ability of concrete industrial facilities to take a licking and keep on ticking. Probably the best example was the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Works in Stalingrad which despite being bombed by the Luftwaffe, shelled by artillery and sniped at kept producing tanks that moved unpainted off the production line and straight into the battle for Stalingrad. It didn't stop producing tanks until the battle moved into the factory itself.

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03-10-09, 10:10 AM	#3
Dread Knot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,288 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Not well known in the history of WW2 was the uncanny ability of concrete industrial facilities to take a licking and keep on ticking. Probably the best example was the Dzerzhinsky Tractor Works in Stalingrad which despite being bombed by the Luftwaffe, shelled by artillery and sniped at kept producing tanks that moved unpainted off the production line and straight into the battle for Stalingrad. It didn't stop producing tanks until the battle moved into the factory itself.