"Fuel did come, but it's just question of you look how many training hours a LW pilot received and an American pilot received. Both sides suffered casualities, but the Americans could replace pilots adequately, the Germans not."...
My thoughts exactly.
When you no longer have command of the air...
The LW was not only starved out of fuel; let's not forget it lost experienced pilots throughout its struggle against the USAAF/RAF/VVS.
Airframes and fuel can come around one way or another, Nazi Germany managed this until very late in the war when even Me-262's rose to challenge American air...
In other words a prioritized and sustained bombing campaign against Britain and its capacity to wage war more or less in the lines of what the USSAAF and BC did for the latter part of the war against Germany without diverting to other fronts.
That is something on which I could agree.
I too...
So sad to see another of our fine members take that fateful dive into eternity so soon after the passing of Neil :(
RIP Renrich, your memory will never fade away from this community which, rightly pointed, is an amazingly united family that goes beyond nationalities, heritages and cultures.
This is indeed very sad news.
As a reader more than a poster on the formus for quite some time ago, I too came to realize and appreciate the great amount of knowledge and experience our friend had.
RIP Mr. Neil
Great article Vassili, very well resumed by its author. I wish more articles like this would make it to newspapers and magazines to enhance a bit more awareness for the average reader about important events in both world wars.
Michael, thank you so much for that great article you posted. I find every story about WWI extremely fascinating and that famous Christmas truce of 1914 is not exception.
Hello guys
Found this music video a while ago, liked it, downloaded to my mp3 and wondered if any of you have seen it before.
Really neat song and videoclip that our young, or young at heart members might find enjoyable :p
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VeGF74Y6a4
Hello guys
If any of you hasn't watched this movie which had a limited release earlier this year; it happens to be already on YouTube and is definitely worth the effort.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cf8562ONzo