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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
it is about how Göring, Kesselring and Flifü Afrika set priorities and deployed their forces.
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They were correct in their assesment. There was no question of effective night fighter activity, no matter how much units involved, without adequate ground organisation and ground control, non-existent in the theatre. It is not coincidence that I./N.J.G. 2, "Intruder" unit, least dependent from GC, was sent to the Mediterranean. Decision to rely on Flak units was sound.
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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
And Rommel's fault for pursuing objectives that his supporting air forces could not meet
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I'm completely agree with you.
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Equally, without functioning ports the ground forces couldn't be sustained in Africa either, so air cover at the front was, in that sense, a secondary issue.
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I think this is wrong dilemma. With the limited forces at their disposal the Axis only faced the choise of where their supplies would be lost - at sea, during unloading from ships (or MFP's at Mersa Matruh), in M/T convoys on a road to the frontline or at supply dumps in the vicinity of the frontline.
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We are, incidentally going way off-topic as regards Hartmann's career.
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Agree