[WarInEur] Re: Battle of Britain

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In a message dated 13/01/2008 15:48:32 GMT Standard Time, WLSTBS4  writes:

Hence, a simple solution  would be to give the Germans political points or 
reduce British production by  some amount for every port (or maybe 2) that they 
successfully suppress in  Britain per turn.  Wouldn't this simulate the effect 
of the bombing  campaign and tie the Germans to the dual necessity of 
conducting  bombing while trying to engage the RAF as  well?


Part of the problem lies in the inability of the abstract airwar system to  
cater for variations on the qualitative content of the rival airforces, and the 
 significant effects that geography and situation benefitted the RAF.
 
in other words whilst the RAF might have rough handling in the battle for  
France, geography allowed the RAF to retreat and fight another day, on ground  
much better suited to an outnumbered and outresourced command.
 
The abstract air system does not cater for a situation other than toe to  toe 
in a numerical slugging match, and the lethality of the system allows the  
Luftwaffe to close with the RAF and grind them into the dirt with a straight  
numbers game.
 
ITRW the RAF remained determinedly elusive, and continued to be 'a fleet in  
being' that despite all the pressure that the Luftwaffe could bring to bear,  
'survived' all that was thrown at them and still made efforts to hit back. And 
 the Luftwaffe was on a tight timetable, winning was not enough, winning 
before  the Autumn weather was everything...all the RAF had to do was survive 
(although  this was no mean feat to achieve).
 
It is this feature that so bedevilled the German airforce, winning on a  
tight timetable, against an enemy who  refused to let himself be pinned in  
defence and permit a war of attrition to be waged at a rate that could not be  
sustained.
 
This perhaps more than anything else, is where the air system breaks,  the 
unique features that sustained the RAF cannot be replicated easily using the  
generic system.
 
 
-|steve|-



   
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