I don't understand why you seem so certain that the war in the East would be wholly decided by 1944. Explain why, in your mind, there's no chance of the war dragging on beyond then.
Because either the Germans marshall enough resources to stop the Russians from corssing into Poland, or the Russians are still strong enough to beat the Germans through sheer attrition.
If Germany had no fear of an allied invasion in France and Italy in 1943 and 1944, then more than a few dozen divisions could be moved eastwards. Plus, with no credible RAF day bombing capability, the daytime fighter force in Germany could also be redeployed.
The war cant drag on forever. 1944 would be the decisive year.
The British production increased throughout the entirety of the war; and the British Commonwealth production increased massively. Canadian Pacific Locomotive works in Montréal made thousands of tanks during World War II. India provided the majority of ammo used by Commonwealth forces in the CBI.
Wow.... a single facility in Montreal made thousands of tanks. How about needing to produce tens of thousands of tanks? Amd again, your economy was maxed out by 1943. Any gains made were incremental rather than exponential.
India.... CBI?....... backwaters in the war.
I do not show a lack of understanding at all; I'm showing a perfect understanding of your nature. Your argument is based purely on that it didn't happen, not that it couldn't have happened.
The British Commonwealth had the factories, industry and know how to deploy in wartime which would over-whelm the German Wehrmacht - eventually. The Commonwealth had a manpower base larger than the U.S; which provided a work-force and a fighting-force.
"Eventually" means an unlimited ammount of time, of which you didnt have. And how many years do you have to train, or transport these people to shipyards and factories that didnt exist?
The U.S intervention meant that the Commonwealth did not have to gear up to such a large extent but could concentrate on using its men to fight, while the U.S provided the economic muscle.
The US Army was far larger than the BA. We probivded lots of material AND men. BTW, did you know the the USAAF 8th/9th/12th/15th AF's were 3 times larger than the RAF?
And there were many African troops in the British Army during World War II - in fact, there was no colony that didn't participate. So, it's pretty safe to say that the manpower was there to be used.
Simply amazing they were there and never used, considering the dire manpower problems you had.
The production was enough to grind Germany into the ground; the only difference with reality is that it would have taken longer. The U.S.A provided a spurt of economic power that ended the war sooner.
Provided a spurt of economic power? Try a massive dose of industrial suprememcy that completely overwhelmed the axis in every single catagory.
And what is your infatuation with the navy? The Royal Navy was larger than the U.S Navy at the start of World War II - and was always big enough to handle the Kriegsmarine; as it mostly did during World War II anyway.
Is that why the KM nearly brought you to your knee's in 1941 and 1942?
Tell me about the size of the RN to the USN in 1944 and 1945.
syscom, I don't mean to offend (seriously) but I think it's recognised that I know a bit more than you about the AFVs of World War II. And since your first comment was along the lines of the Allies only matching the Germans in the last few months then you're still wrong.
The British tanks were equal or superior to the German AFVs in 1939-1940; the Russian T-34 was superior until the introduction of the Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf F/2 in 1941. The Panther didn't arrive until 1943 - and the Tiger late 1942.
The Tiger set the bench-mark three years after the war had started - and by 1943 the British were building the Cromwell and well on their way to deploying the Comet in 1944 - equal and superior to the Sherman respectively.
The Comet was superior to the Sherman? Big deal. Compare it to the Tiger or Panther in 1944/45
You best go tell the Whirlwind pilots they weren't flying over Germany. And since the Mustang was a British order - then it'd have soon been in RAF colours over Germany anyway.
Whirlwind's? Obviously the greatest long range fighter of WW2!!!!!!!!!
Mustangs over germany in hardly enough numbers to be decisive, and probably not untill late 1944, right when an invasion of France was out of the order.
On top of that, a lot of specialist German production was in Holland and France - ever heard of the Phillips Factory Raid in Holland ? Operation Oyster - or maybe the British raid on the Cologne power plant?
Tell me about daytime 1000 bomber raids deep into Germany like to Leuna, Berlin, Vienna, blah, bah, blah.
Operation Pointblank was a combined offensive with the initial stages being handed to RAF 2 Group attacking airfields in France. Given the right equipment, the RAF would have been much more able during the day. The reality of it all is when the USAAF stepped for the daytime - the RAF concentrated on the night, and any day RAF raiders were left to their own devices. And were generally ill-equipped ; since they should have all been Mosquitos.
The B17 and B24 were vulnerable to German fighters. now take the lanc, which flew lower and had far less armor and firepower, then imagine the losses it was going to take.
The bombing campaign was quite clear....The RAF Bomber Command had the resources to fight at night, but didnt have the aircraft or material to fight during the day.
And the point of mentioning Operation Crossbow was obvious, but I'll explain - You talk about numbers all the time; Operation Crossbow is a perfect example where the RAF did better with less numbers. We didn't need the USAAF numbers, fact.
To fight at day and night you would need an additional 3000 heavy bombers. of which you had no capacity to produce, let alone find the crews and ground staff to support them. And that doesnt take into account the 3000 fighters you would need to protect them during the day.
I say; if the USAAF was so big - why did you borrow Spitfires off us?
Well duhhhhhhhh.......... it wasnt untill 1943 that the full force of the aircraft factories were felt. We did have to build and train an immense air force after all.
Again, Noone has offered proof that the Commonwelath had the resources necessary to defeat the Germans alone.
Again.....its quite evident, that the US provided the material and manpower to ensure an allied victory!