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Why did Britain win the BoB? How could have the Allies have done even better? Homework help!



 
 
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Old October 7th 03, 09:25 AM
Keith Willshaw
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"John Freck" wrote in message
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"Herbert Pocket" wrote in message

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Agreed, it is hard to pick out any outstanding Allied failures at the
macroscopic level, though this is probably a consequence of knowing

(with
20:20 hindsight) that the Allies were ultimately victorious.



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In no particular order:



A) Earlier recognition of aerial bombing inaccuracies, and development

of
improved assessment, equipment & training (with reference to the RAF's

poor
performance in early bombing missions and the general misbelief that

the job
was being well done).



Herbert Pocket,

Your point A) isn't any scraping the barrel by any means. The Allies
wasted immense resources on bombers and strategic bombing.


There were no strategic bombers in 1940

RAF bomber command was almost exlusively equipped
with light day bombers such as the Blenheim and Battle.
The handful of 'heavies' available were twin engine types
such as the Wellington, Whitley and Hampden.

Keith

Keith


 




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