[Jim P.]

Ultimately, your statement is exactly correct. While many of us like exploring the exacting details of claims/vics of air/ground battles - myself included; and in spite of my criticism of those that want absolute resolution of same to the point of making disparaging remarks about motive to the various combatants; in the end, the ultimate outcome of WW-II was a given. Once the Soviet Union, the British Empire and the U.S. were all aligned against the Axis forces, the end result was inevitable. It all boiled down to resources and industrial capacity. The Axis was, in the end, overwhelmed by resources & numbers they couldn't begin to match. End of story.