[Crumpp]

Now that wasn't very intelligent of the Germans to fly all those bombers over southern England even though they were filled with bombs. Without the bombers there would be no reason for defending fighters to take off. This was seen after the German defeat in BoB when RAF fighter sweeps of France went largely ignored.

Unfortunately this is a very poor example with little insight into the nature of war. It illustrates a violation of the Principle of War called "Mass". The RAF violated this principle by launching raids which could not inflict sufficient damage to the target. By violating mass, the RAF opened up the option for the Luftwaffe to ignore the raids.

A much better example would be the USAAF unescorted daylight bombing campaign. The USAAF adhered to the principle of mass forcing the Germans to counter the raids or suffer significant damage to the target.

However without fighter escort to win air superiority the USAAF unescorted daylight campaign was defeated.

All the best,

Crumpp