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From: hhm@ihlpy.ATT.COM (Mayo)
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Subject: Re: dogfighting
Summary: Plane shortage
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Date: 20 Jun 89 03:47:20 GMT
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From: hhm@ihlpy.ATT.COM (Mayo)

In article <7521@cbnews.ATT.COM>, marsh@linus.UUCP (Ralph Marshall) writes:
> 
> >as far as i know, this is not considered a factor in the decline
> >of the Luftwaffe.  the Luftwaffe was hurt mostly by the loss of
> >fuel sources and by Hitler's insistence on offense over defense.
> >many many aircraft and pilots were grounded by lack of fuel at the
> >end of wwii.
> >
> >richard
> 
> 	Another cause for the decline of the Luftwaffe was the sheer lack
> of planes.  Their military production was messed up during the war due
> to a variety of problems: Hitler expected a short war and thus didn't 
> concentrate on coming up with a second generation of planes to replace
> the Me109 until it was really too late (the FW 190 was only available after

Speer's memoires deal a mortal blow to this old canard. German production
of planes skyrocketed at the end of the war. (he shows production charts
in Inside the Third Reich)  Pilots, however, were not available for them
or fuel to get them into the air. 


                                                           Larry

[mod.note:  I seem to recall having read similar sentiments in
Erich Hartmann's _I Fought You From the Skies_.  - Bill ]