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![]() "John Freck" wrote in message om... "Herbert Pocket" wrote in message ... 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. Snip 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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