@Arsalan it looks like it's not ending here. So I will need ur services to move this discussion to a more appropriate thread. Sorry for the inconvenience of creating more work for u.
Hi,
You can disagree as much as you want to---ain't gonna change nothing---.
Air superiority gave the allies the access to strike the german industrial complex---the destruction of the industry was the reason for defeat.
If there was no air superiority---the german industrial complex would have stayed intact---the war would have gone into a stalemate headed towards a cease fire and a peace deal---.
If u would read my post again u would see that I never denied that the air superiority of Allied powers over the Luftwaffe enabled the destruction of Germany's industrial war capacity. Indeed that happened and it put Germany at even more of a disadvantage.
My disagreement is based on the conclusion u have drawn as seen in that bold part of ur post I quoted.
The war wouldn't have gone into stalemate and a peace deal. Britain and USSR had already gone into a stalemate with Germany even before US entered the war. Germany still would've lost all the same...at best it might've taken a bit more time. The three points below(italicized) in support of this argument are verifiable facts.
- The Allies decidedly gave the European Theatre more importance. Their main goal was to defeat Germany first before focusing on the Pacific Theatre.
--> The allied powers were hell bent on defeating Germany first at all costs.
- The combined war capacity/industrial might/GDP of Allied powers was much more even from the onset of the war than the combined Axis Powers.
--> So even with German industry intact, the Allies still would've had an edge.
- The Allies intentionally went for an unconditional surrender for both Germany and Japan.
--> This is actually a topic of debate and criticism among historians and strategists alike who have pondered whether the war could've been brought to an end sooner had the Allies not pushed for an unconditional surrender.
...without going into that tangent...the point is that the Allies were aiming for an unconditional surrender and the fighting would've simply continued longer if Germany's industry was intact but eventually it would've come to the same end due to the advantage Allies held over Germany in manpower, economy, industrial might, etc.
There was no stalemate(roughly 1942 and after) since after US entered the war and the German offensives into Russia failed and there was no chance of a peace agreement since the Allies weren't going for that. They wouldn't settle on anything less than an unconditional surrender. In conclusion...establishing air superiority that enabled the destruction of German industry just hastened the SAME FATE.
This fate was sealed the moment when Germany failed to reassess that USSR's war capacity had drastically changed and assumed the same differences(in power) as Germany/Russia had during WWI(where Russia lost badly and pulled out). On top of this Russia had more depth(being a massive country), which Germany did not. It could take German blows, retreat further back and launch a counteroffensive all the while Germany's supply lines(also prone to being cut off by Russian counteroffensive) get thinned out the more it advances. The biggest issue of all was Germany created a second front for itself. U will be hard pressed to find a battle in history where someone fought on two fronts simultaneously and won. The 4 reasons in my first reply to u are among the major reasons why Germany lost. The reason u believe to be the most important is not THE REASON for defeat...it was just one of the many factors that's way down on the list.
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