[Broncazonk]

I have, Six Months to Oblivion by Werner Girbig (Schiffer, 1991) which from the German perspective paints a rather catastrophic picture of the mission.

Question: Six Months to Oblivion describes the incredible secrecy and compartmentalized planning that the Bodenplatte operation received. Was this because Hitler and the Luftwaffe/German high command finally began to suspect that the Allies were reading their mail (on a minute by minute basis?)

Are there any opinions on the fundamental question: In theory, was Operation Bodenplatte a bad idea? That is, with an attacking force of skilled and experienced pilots would it have been a bad idea, or was it a bad idea only because the attacking force was comprised of mostly unskilled and inexperience pilots?

I cannot find any relevant discussion of this matter in the "Books and Magazines" section. Help?

Bronc