RE:(was B_5 AFT Arc)Bombers/raiders

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I disagree again, in regards to how big an effect they had. Modern
sources,
such as the history of the RAF in ww2 "The Right of the line" (sorry
forget
the author) and such things as the USAFs post war strategic review of
the
air war over germany show that even with production focused on aa guns,
fighters etc, Germany was still producing more tanks and artillery at
the
end of the war than it was at the start.
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Well, it's arguable that the German infrastructure was in danger of
crumbling to point of implosion.

However, another argument can be made that US bombing came very close to
crippling German production, according to Speer. Of course, you'd then
have
to decide if another strike would have been possible shortly after
Schweinfurt/Regensburg. *shudder*

In the final analysis, your comment about the 'more production by the
end'
begs a comparison to 'what they'd have produced without raiding' and to
what the Allies were producing.

The_Beast