[drgondog]

Franek - I have to agree with Josh on this presentation.

I like that he presented facts and tables but think that he was very selective and questioned too many assumptions regarding validity of either high ranking officers who stated that airpaower was devastating or failed to get a body of field/company grade officers to support his own conclusions?

Nor was his research and facts exhaustive enough to look to inventory available of fuel, food ammo to move to Normandy versus what actually reached the forward lines.

This IS a topic that needs more serious work but doubt that the status of German records would yield real metrics.. even the armor and vehicle figures in your referenced report are unclear as to 'beginning inventory-at front and say, as far away as Paris before the invasion, how many were shipped, and how many were damaged and destroyed - that one could believe and research oneself?

Having said that I would begin there and dig into his references (at least he has some) to see if there is a complete picture available just for the beginning inventory available at Normandy and all the regional combat units available for movement... and be very suprised if they existed... and only then could one truly make 'estimates' as to cause of loss for each category for all circumstances.

I've got combat film from my father of six trains that completely blew up during the Normandy Campaign (I doubt that he hit anything with bombs other than frags) from strafing and wonder how that factors in a conclusion of the effect of fighters on the supply chain to the front?