[FalkeEins]

but the Allies were always going to 'out-produce' the Germans since the latter had no means of hitting major Allied production centres -whether that be America or the Urals- surely a major failing of Luftwaffe planning, procurement and strategy..? of course ultimately the Luftwaffe finished the war with the same pre-war types in service (109, He111, Ju 87 etc etc), whereas the Hampdens and Whitleys had long gone..

Ruy, you seem to be saying in effect that the Luftwaffe performed ‘well’ given that it was waging a war under changed circumstances, a war for which it not been conceived....presumably you see these changing circumstances as starting to impact from, say, about December 1941 ?...

That line of argument unfortunately brings us back to the Battle of Britain and the importance of Britain’s geographical situation for the continued prosecution of the war in the West. The Luftwaffe -supporting the army- couldn't impede the BEF at Dunkirk & more crucially failed to bring to the British to their knees or the negotiating table during the summer of 1940.