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strategically yes, but i think historians of the luftwaffe would agree that it was fataly dammaged because its pilots never got a rest. didn't help that the res

• tmottabr 3y ago
  But the pilots were taking pills and never getting rest because the army had to cover two war fronts while lacking the resources to do so.. using pills and not resting enough was a symptom of the problem of having to fight a war in two fronts, not resting and taking pills was not the problem itself..
• sneed_chucker 3y ago
  Again, the pills are not the decisive thing here. The Luftwaffe had to counter constant allied bombing of cities and industry both day and night, while also supporting advancing troops on the front. All the while, the allies are running a successful campaign to eliminate Germany's sources of petroleum which eventually all but neuters the operational capacity of the Luftwaffe. Frankly, it sounds to me like you've let Norman Ohler's pop history book, Blitzed, disproportionately color your perception of the second world war.