I was doom scrolling YouTube shorts last night whilst laying in bed and caught some of a lecture on the reasons for Allied victory over the Axis and I caught one point that caused me to recall my undergraduate dissertation (The rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe and their role in Germany’s defeat) and thought I would just have a small vent.
Goring comment about the number of Bombers and the Fuhrer makes me wonder how much the drug addiction was effecting the decisions. Hitler with a amphetamine addiction and Goring with a morphine addiction.
I think it came down to a lack of understanding of airpower by the two men. Hitler had no knowledge and thought numbers would carry the day and Goring was buried into his own opinion to listen to anyone else's
Goring comment about the number of Bombers and the Fuhrer makes me wonder how much the drug addiction was effecting the decisions. Hitler with a amphetamine addiction and Goring with a morphine addiction.
I think it came down to a lack of understanding of airpower by the two men. Hitler had no knowledge and thought numbers would carry the day and Goring was buried into his own opinion to listen to anyone else's
Great stuff, background information that could fuel five different alt history stories.
I'll see what I can do!
The B29 was one of the most expensive weapons systems built by the alliance. It was intended for precision bombing of industrial plants.
Japans typically cloudy weather prevented this and the little known jet stream caused navigation havoc.
They ended up being used as terror weapons.