Could the Luftwaffe survive against Allied attacks if the USSR had been defeated?

Could the Luftwaffe survive after 1943 if it faced only the US/UK airforces?


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Russian airpower was a.) less limitless than US, much less US and Commonwealth combined, and b.) less capable in context of mid range and long range bombing - both from strength and quality.

The end game for the Allies with Russia out of the war was strategic bombing to reduce Chemical/Oil industries and Power generation and distribution until Aug 1945. The Germans would have developed jet aircraft first as they did, the Allies would have countered with higher quantity and equal quality aircraft. Losses would have much higher in the air, much lower on the ground (if invasion was impossible due to increases on infantry armor from east to west... but there would be no increase in petroleum reserves, continued pressure on chemical/oil and power generation - and with chemical industry issues - so goes fertilizer and food supplies.

IMO the length of the war increases, nuclear war is inevitable (one sided), possible chemical (Sarin from Germans) so civilian casualties also go way up... and Germany becomes near extinct in the end if the WMD are deployed.

But recognize if Sarin deployed Germany was at FAR greater risk based on US ability to get through even if Britain was compromised.
 
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There are a lot of 'what ifs' that make an interesting discussion. If Britain had lost the BoB and been invaded would Germany's 3rd Reich remained unchallenged by the USA?
Back to the thread, we needed the Soviets to press Germany on the Eastern front to give us breathing space. Valuable resources were sent via the conveys to support the Soviets. Germany could not fight a war on three fronts and like Napoleon made the error of underestimating the Russian will.
Germany had a window to defeat the British Empire and her allies before the USA arrived on the scene.
There is a parallel with WW1 and the arrival of the seemingly limitless resources of the Americans tipped the balance.
Have we finished paying for the lend lease yet?
Cheers
John
 
After the repluse of the assult in '41, ther was never the slightest chance of a German victory, or Russia staying out of the war permanently. Even if a temporary truce had been brokered in the early months of 1942, the Soviets were only looking at a breathing space of 6-12 months. They wouldhave returned in late 1942, better trained and organized clobbered the germans as they did and gotten back on track to crushing the germans on the eastern front as historical. There should be no doubt about that
 
Yes the final repayment was made on 29th December 2006. 2 days before it was due

Ah, the price of freedom, as in Churchill's words 'whatever the cost may be'.
Only taken 61 years. I wonder why we never charged our liberated european friends for the same privilege?

Cheers
John
 
Drgndg covered alot of points for me but this......


Last German forces surrendered in NA in May '43
Battle of Kursk was July '43

Not sure the point your making. And as for mass produced fighters, Germany started the war with the most modernized and largest AF in the world. Ground resources were about even but Germany had the advantage in AFs.
 
Who here knows of the M.A.N companies shaft turbine projects, or that very advanced compressor assemblies were developed and model tested upto around 5 to 1, and higher comp ratio hought possible, with more efficient fuel-rpm-airflow characeristics.
IIRC, BMW was the most resistant to ouside it own technical expertise, Heinkel the most guarded, but with most promise once the design development had progressed to production development, Junkers was quite important specificaly earlier in the desgin of combustion chambers/cans, Daimler Benz had some very complex designs, some alternative jet pressure theory designed motors.
 

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