The strategic bomber: was it a total failure?

[Dac]

Thanks for the welcome.

This looks like my kind of place!

 

[plan_D]

Oh god, not another canuck!

Ah, I'm just kiddin' - welcome!

 

[evangilder]

Good point, Dac. Welcome aboard.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Oh god, not another canuck!

We're spreading.
Lets see, that makes a Nova Scotian, two guys from Québec, a guy from Ontario, an Albertan, and now a guy from BC. All we need now is someone from the territories and we're covered.

Keep yer stick on the ice! YEAH!!!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Oh great. No we have to fight off the Canadian Invasion. I thought that NS was eneogh! Naw Im just kidding welcome to the site.

 

[Dac]

We're so polite that not many people have caught on to the Canadian conspiracy to achieve world domination.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Folks from Southpark figured it out!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Blame Canada, Blame Canada

 

[cheddar cheese]

Indeed.

Naw, Welcome 8)

 

[Dac]

Folks from Southpark figured it out!

DAMN!!!

 

[plan_D]

Ah, Canadians, you gotta love 'em...until you meet NS.

 

[Gemhorse]

Yeah, welcome Dac, the more Commonwealth here, the better it gets....

Gemhorse

 

[Nonskimmer]

Ah, Canadians, you gotta love 'em...until you meet NS.

Y'know ya love me.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

No No I dont think we do....
Aw who am I kidding your like a lost puppy that follows you home one day and you go home to your parents and say "Can I keep him?"

 

[cheddar cheese]

Why would you wanna keep him? I bet he poops all over the carpet

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I would not want to keep him, but others might.

 

[angel-fall]

All in all although neither a complete success or failure the bombing campaign had enough of a drain on Germany to remove vital manpower to protect the Reich as well as draining their oil and transportation capacity (greatly increased by the Russians capture of Ploesti in late 1944). In my opinion the expense was worth it for the damage done to the Germans in terms of manpower although the industrial effect was minimal thanks to Albert Speer and the ability of the Germans to quickly repair damage.

The Russian never capture Ploiesti, Romania change the politic orientation, after the plot against marshal Ion Antonescu

 

[syscom3]

Just the fact that Germany's oil industry was crippled made it worth the effort.

Also, in the last few months of the war, wiping out the rail transport sytem hastened their defeat.

 

[loomaluftwaffe]

and killing the men who make up the manpower by bombing their homes

 

[carpenoctem1689]

The bombing offensive while severely over-estimated forced the germans to throw fighters up against them, expending aircraft which could be easily replaced, and pilots and oil, pilots being easy to replace unless you want someone who knows what your doing, and oil they couldnt replace at all. The allied bomber offensive allowed and gave reason for escort fighters, and the bombers gave reason for german fighters to defend the home territory, further reducing germanys ability to effectively wage a sustained war. And the simple fact that proves that is aircraft designs in 1944-45, easy to make by unskilled labor, and easily flow by unskilled pilots, or that was the intention anyhow.