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No matter what bomber they had, they never had a fighter with enough endurance to escort them.
We have discussed the pros and cons of the allied bombers (and agreed to differ) Lets look at the situation should the Luftwaffe have had the allied heavy bombers, escort fighters etc and 'we' had the German aircraft.
Given the resources of the Americans and ingenuity of the British would we have still won the war?
Starting with the Blitz....I'm not necessarily convinced that we would have won the BoB as the factories and airfields could have been totally destroyed.
Could Japan have hit mainland America?
Being an island nation is always an advantage from the defence point of view.
What do you all think?
Cheers
John
We have discussed the pros and cons of the allied bombers (and agreed to differ) Lets look at the situation should the Luftwaffe have had the allied heavy bombers, escort fighters etc and 'we' had the German aircraft.
Given the resources of the Americans and ingenuity of the British would we have still won the war?
Starting with the Blitz....I'm not necessarily convinced that we would have won the BoB as the factories and airfields could have been totally destroyed.
Could Japan have hit mainland America?
Just for the purpose of a discussion I imagined the scenerio where the Germans had the allies bombers instead of the ones they actually did have and the allied fighters to protect them. I know its all ifs and buts and easy to pick to bits.
Having seen pictures of Plymouth pre and post blitz we can be glad that the Germans only had the medium bombers they did have !
Cheers
John
I too enjoy a discussion Shortround but, not an aguement over semantics.
I have obviously hit the wrong button with this thread.
Cheers
John
I think the outcome in Russia might have been a bit different if the LW could hit the factories in the Urals.