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Re: Placing the Fairey Battle.
...these threads (of a similar ilk) get more Irvingesque by the day...
"I have quoted Schwabedissen - who is a primary source - about German awe of the IL-2"
I presume that, while Schwabedissen's comments are proof-positive and beyond reproach, parallel German comments about the significance of the Allied Strategic bombing campaign AND the effectiveness of Allied (Western) CAS and ground interdiction are somehow worthless/meaningless...
Frankly, IMHO, a number of the hypothetical alternatives that have been presented here simply do not take into account causality. But maybe one true constant does remain; in an alternate universe, a few months after D-Day, the crews of Dive Bomber Command, pitted against all that Flak that isn't needed to defend Germany, along with a strong Luftwaffe fighter force, lovingly refer to their C-in-C (who's name is obviously not Harris) as 'Butcher'. By then they have it easy, it's the Brown Jobs that are ultimately suffering the most, due to the Luftwaffe strategic bombing force.
Cheers
Rod
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