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What a terrible article. Sure they manage to mention that logistically Germany was in a terrible place, but half the "facts" aren't. Made up chest thumping seem

What a terrible article. Sure they manage to mention that logistically Germany was in a terrible place, but half the "facts" aren't. Made up chest thumping seems to describe it most accurately. "outdated Hurricanes than they were the newer Spitfire" Um, no the Hurricane was not outdated. It was about as new as the Spit, used the same marks of Merlin and Griffon engines as the Spit, and was in fact a more stable gun platform. Key point, Hurricanes were far quicker to build than the more manoeuvrable Spit. Even after the Supermarine shadow factories were up to speed. Simply put Hurricanes and Mosquitoes were far easier to put together. All three had far better visibility than equivalent German fighters that this article manages to miss entirely. Then they entirely miss the point of V2. "V2 was more sophisticated, but was never mass produced: only 3,000 were launched" Had Hitler not overridden the use of V2, 3,000 might have been plenty. V2 was intended to be surface to air against Lancs and Forts. Not horribly overpriced very low capacity bomber replacement. "May-June 1943 only sank two ships for every U-boat lost, ending the Battle of the Atlantic" WHAT? OK, this section is jingoistic made-up nonsense. Battle of the Atlantic continued until May 1945. Read bloody Wikipedia or any respectable history from any participant. Enigma decrypts neutered some of the U boat impact as did mostly the Mark 5 Sunderlands and the few Liberators - that were only ever available to Coastal Command in very limited numbers. Funny no mention of the US's reluctance to even adopt convoys, appearing almost as reluctant as they had in WW1. Sevastopol and Stalingrad did not forget blitzkreig. Did you forget what you wrote only a dozen paragraphs earlier? The Nazis had terrible logistics, under-mechanisation and limited fuel. What were the length of supply lines around Sevastopol and Stalingrad? Bliztkreig required the spearhead be mechanised and well supplied. Enough. I give up. :)

smacktoward 7y ago
U-boats continued sailing right up till the end of the war, but after suffering huge losses in 1943’s “Black May” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_May_(1943) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_May_(1943)) they stopped challenging the North Atlantic convoys directly. Merchant tonnage sunk dropped precipitously at that point. After mid-1943 the U-boats were an annoyance to the Allies, not an existential threat.
- NeedMoreTea 7y ago
  The Battle of the Atlantic was sheer war of attrition and tonnage. The Allies were pouring far more in at the top by 43, with the expectation that some would get through. The strength of numbers of the long range Sunderland 5s - that started replacing the III in 44, Beaufighters, and Mossies meant they were far more effective, particularly out in Biscay. German effectiveness declined really only from 44 on - there was a pretty major and effective U boat campaign in late 43 going into the winter. It just wasn't as effective as the previous year.
t-h-e-chief 7y ago
Hear Hear. Did it at least mention that English scientists with help from allies, produced the work that demonstrated that the atom bomb was possible? Maybe if the Nazis had it handed to them, then they would have developed the bomb instead!

smacktoward 7y ago

U-boats continued sailing right up till the end of the war, but after suffering huge losses in 1943’s “Black May” (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_May_(1943) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_May_(1943)) they stopped challenging the North Atlantic convoys directly. Merchant tonnage sunk dropped precipitously at that point. After mid-1943 the U-boats were an annoyance to the Allies, not an existential threat.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
The Battle of the Atlantic was sheer war of attrition and tonnage. The Allies were pouring far more in at the top by 43, with the expectation that some would get through. The strength of numbers of the long range Sunderland 5s - that started replacing the III in 44, Beaufighters, and Mossies meant they were far more effective, particularly out in Biscay. German effectiveness declined really only from 44 on - there was a pretty major and effective U boat campaign in late 43 going into the winter. It just wasn't as effective as the previous year.

t-h-e-chief 7y ago

Hear Hear. Did it at least mention that English scientists with help from allies, produced the work that demonstrated that the atom bomb was possible? Maybe if the Nazis had it handed to them, then they would have developed the bomb instead!