Was WWII....

[Das Morbo]

My pleasure, Foreigner! :)

Your point about the 'Battle of Britain' is well made.
Considering the amount of forces and energy the Allies put into the strategic bombing of Germany, and taking into account how long it took them to decisively damage the German war industry, I agree that the Luftwaffe could not have possibly pulled it off.
Simple as that.

Just to further your background knowledge of WWII, let me make one point about the German Luftwaffe's capabilities in anti-ship missions: look up the meditereanian campaigns of 1941-42. There, with pre-war trained crews and experience from relative easy victories, the Luftwaffe showed it was an effective force and scored quite a number of Allied Navy vessles, including cruisers.

Side note:
The only reason (to my understanding) the British didn't loose the HMS Illustrious after 9 direct or hull breaching bomb hits, was due to their superb design wich resultet in impressive 'staying power'. An American Liaision-Navy Officer commented in the end-phase of the Pacific campaing: "When a kamikaze hits a U.S. carrier it means 6 months of repair at Pearl [Harbor]. When a kamikaze hits a Limey carrier it’s just a case of "Sweepers, man your brooms."” (Wikipedia: Article on Kamikaze)


But besides this, you are propably right about Germanys abilities to win the war.
Our top-tier leaders come to my mind, many of which were severly incompetent or like in the case of the Chief of military intelligence, Admiral Canaris, secretly sabotaging the war effort.

Best regards