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Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád
Germany didn't loose the war because of its combat pilots. Blaming the airmen for the failure of the leadership and command is not exactly beneficial.
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But I didn't blame the airmen, did I? I'm perfectly clear that Germany's governing ideology led the country to ruin and defeat.
The point I had hoped to make was that having "better" pilots (in the sense of a very few who who pursued and achieved huge scores) didn't stop Germany losing the war. In fact, I'm persuaded by Stephen Bungay's argument that the regime's cult of the "warrior-hero" undermined the effectiveness of the force as a whole.