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08-10-2006, 10:05 AM,

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RE: Air war question

Right, the German army never ran out of ammunition and explosives. In fact Allied "Strategic Bombing" was aimed mostly at civilians. See Larry J. Bidinian, The Combined Allied Bombing Offensive Against the German Civilian (Lawrence, Kansas: Colorado Press, 1976). In 1942, prior to any bombing, German industry produced 15,596 aircraft of all types. In 1944, after two years of strategic bombing, they produced 39,870 aircraft. See Eugene M. Emme, The Impact of Air Power (New York: Van Nostrand, 1959), US Strategic Bombing Survey, excerpts, pp. 268+. Allied bombing of Rumanian oil production was ineffective and German oil imports only dried up when the Red Army took Ploesti in August 1944. Obviously the boys at the top in Washington wanted those awful Nazis to keep on shooting for as long as possible. von Egan:smg:

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Air war question - by H.v.F. - 08-10-2006, 07:39 AM

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