Allied Forces Strategic Bombing Against Germany

Some of the reasons cited for the failure of the strategic bombing offensive to preclude the need for an Allied land invasion of Europe are (1) poor command unity of the Allied strategic bomber force in Europe, (2) conflicting strategic objectives in application of the Allied strategic bomber force in Europe and North Africa, (3) according political objectives priority over strategic objectives in the application of the Allied strategic bomber force against Germany, (4) poor targeting in the application of the Allied strategic bomber force against Germany, (5) poor concentration of the resources in the application of the Allied strategic bomber force against Germany, and (6) a failure to exploit the defeat of the Luftwaffe subsequent to midyear 1944, in the application of the Allied bomber force against Germany. These contentions are ba

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occurred (Taylor, 1978, pp. xvxxi). Of course, the Germans acknowledge their bombing raids over southern England, and the consequent air combat between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe during the relevant time period. What they do not accept is the British attribution of German military objectives associated with that activity, and the British assessment of the significance of that activity (Deighton, 1978, p. 12). Lastly, the most senior members of the British air staff at the time were in almost total disagreement with the manner in which the Battle of Britain was waged, and wasted little time once it was over in giving the boot to the manAir Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding most responsible for British success in the Battle (Wright, 1969, p. 11). In spite of its relatively short duration, the failure of the Germans to acknowledge either its decisiveness or their intent in it, and the eagerness of the British senior air staff to dismiss (or, at least, to obfuscate) its implications for the use and value of air power, the Battle of Britain is viewed by many historians as a decisive battle (Mason, 1969, p. 6; Taylor, 1967, p. 201), and as a turning point in the Second World War (Markl, 1984, p. 102; Taylor, 1967, p.
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