The Brits are hyper-defensive about the effect on target. The German war
machine was not significantly hindered by the British Area Campaign. The
Germans expended much fewer resources to defend than the Brits did to
atttack.

Remind us again about the numbers of AA personnel and 88mm that were
considered necessary?


The Germans used Hitler Youth, Russian POW's, impressed workers, and even women
in the Flak batteries.

The RAF was immolating its finest young men.

And although the resources put into the flak guns, ancillary equipment and the
ammo were considerable, that was nothing like the resources put into Bomber
Command.

And that huge investment, almost 1/3 of the whole British war effort, had
little relative return.

Further, Harris resisted at least for a year putting BC onto more useful
targets.

Walt