Post; German industrial capacities

rock45 · January 11th, 2008

Ollie thanks you

I'm at a disadvantage here and realize it but I enjoy the topic. I agree the allied bombing wasn't as effective against German industrial capacities per say but it was effective against the human element. In the end with the technology of that time the human element was important. Even if Germany held onto the Med for a while which I think would have had a major effect on the war in general they lack the numbers in manpower to succeed. I'm at a disadvantage because I don't know the number of troops each side started out with. Ships and planes etc it seem that you do and most here as well but I feel strongly about England's navy being the focus. They were an Island nation a world power at the time that depended on it's huge navy and shipping industry for it's livelihood. I look at like a boxing match keep punching the other guy in his arms and after while he can't hold up his hands.

I have other questions about allied bombers and how air power was used. Watching the Would War II films like World at War and such why weren't German armies targeted? It seem from the films cities were the main targets and industry in and around them but not German troops formations? Another I hope not a stupid question I always wanted to know why weren't the German heavy anti-aircraft guns regiments surrounding the same cites month after month never taken out? I would have assume they weren't moved a lot right. Have fifty or eighty B-17s going after the guns and let the 100 or go for the target. Couldn't they use the gun flashes to target the cannons? There might have been twenty groups of cannons I don't know but even if you took out five or six at least there's a slight path right?

January 11th, 2008
rock45 Primus Pilus	Post; German industrial capacities Ollie thanks you I'm at a disadvantage here and realize it but I enjoy the topic. I agree the allied bombing wasn't as effective against German industrial capacities per say but it was effective against the human element. In the end with the technology of that time the human element was important. Even if Germany held onto the Med for a while which I think would have had a major effect on the war in general they lack the numbers in manpower to succeed. I'm at a disadvantage because I don't know the number of troops each side started out with. Ships and planes etc it seem that you do and most here as well but I feel strongly about England's navy being the focus. They were an Island nation a world power at the time that depended on it's huge navy and shipping industry for it's livelihood. I look at like a boxing match keep punching the other guy in his arms and after while he can't hold up his hands. I have other questions about allied bombers and how air power was used. Watching the Would War II films like World at War and such why weren't German armies targeted? It seem from the films cities were the main targets and industry in and around them but not German troops formations? Another I hope not a stupid question I always wanted to know why weren't the German heavy anti-aircraft guns regiments surrounding the same cites month after month never taken out? I would have assume they weren't moved a lot right. Have fifty or eighty B-17s going after the guns and let the 100 or go for the target. Couldn't they use the gun flashes to target the cannons? There might have been twenty groups of cannons I don't know but even if you took out five or six at least there's a slight path right?