Nazi warplane lying off UK coast is intact
EyeBrock @ Fri Apr 15, 2011 5:05 am
The problem with the Nazis was systemic.
The Nazi military was well trained but came from a society where 'groupthink' ruled. Intiative was allowed only within strict boundaries. Ideology trumped competence.
The allies were very different. Generals who fucked up were fired, not murdered. Citizen soldiers, sailors and airmen won the day over the Stormtroopers. Freedom beats Facism.
That's where the Nazis fucked up.
Batsy @ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:02 am
EyeBrock EyeBrock:
CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT:
Raise it and preserve it! Luftwaffe air power of that era was awesome. I went to the Canadian Air Museum in Ottawa late last year where they have a fully restored Messerschmidt BF 109E in it's origina livery. Awesome.
-J.
-J.
Being a student of military history and an ex Air Force type this find is very interesting. A DO-17 is a great find.
But I have to say (and I'm very biased) that the Nazi Luftwaffe was 'awesome' only when they faced an inferior force. The RAF stopped them in their tracks in 1940.
They were unable to counter the allied bombing raids by the USAAF and RAF in 1941 and on and lost air superiority over occupied Europe by 1943.
The Luftwaffe put up a good fight but were out 'awesomed' by the RAF and USAAF. Now they were awesome war machines and they won.
Per Ardua ad Astra.
I think Britain, still a great manufacturing power in 1940, also got planes off the production line whenever it lost some faster than the Germans did.
EyeBrock @ Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:10 am
Batsy, the problem in the BoB wasn't aircraft production, it was training people to fly and fight in those aircraft.