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Old 03-06-2007, 09:42 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
I agree on the battle of Britain, with the exception that Hitler changed the operational concept from taking out aircraft and weapons construction, to straight terror bombing of civillian targets. this allowed the Brits to rebuild thier air capabability and successfully deploy thier radar barrier.

The battle of Britain shattered the German Airforce which would have been better served in Russia
That's correct. One of the major mistakes Hitler made. Also, I believe Goring had ordered the stuka divers and the bf 110 to scale back the attack because they were losing great numbers due to vulnerability, but Hitler had insisted that they proceed with their missions, causing massive losses.
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