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...profound statement no doubt come as surprise to Generals Spaatz, Doolittle, and LeMay, not to mention Eisenhower. It certainly comes as a surprise to me. All these years I labored under the impression that the Luftwaffe was defeated by superior airmanship of the British and American airmen, general superiority of equipment in numbers, devastating results of strategic bombing against oil supplies and factories, and what proved to be a catastrophic decision by Hitler about air defense and training. By the end of 1944, the Luftwaffe was putting young boys with a total of 112 hours flying time into the skies against Allied fighters. With all due respect, I suggest that the air forces of Romania and Italy would not have made...
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