Reply #33: I tend to agree with your assesment [View All]

[BridgeTheGap]

My dad (who didn't serve until after WWII) is somewhat of a buff, collecting books & videos on the war and I've watched some of them. Many have more depth of the actual events than what I've seen so far, though this is still good for what it is.
I missed the first hour last night (out canvassing for our Dem candidate for Gov) so not sure how much they covered this, though they did mention the goal of air superiority prior to D-Day.
The German's had a refinery, I think in Hungary, that primarily produced aviation fuel. They had it there to put it out of bomber range. The allies knew it was there and knew it was critical to take it out of commission. Getting there was the problem. After numerous tries, retrofits for fuel on bombers and fighters they finally did it. The documentary mentioned last night that German industry was able to produce numerous aircraft but the lack of fuel prevented training new pilots, as they had lost so many experienced ones. The story and film about this were fascinating to me.