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    Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe And The Applied Air Campaign In Europe 1943-1944
    Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe And The Applied Air Campaign In Europe 1943-1944
    Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe And The Applied Air Campaign In Europe 1943-1944
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    Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe And The Applied Air Campaign In Europe 1943-1944

    By Lt Col John J. Jacobson

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    Attaining air superiority over the German Air Force in 1944 did not in and by itself win the war in Europe, but it did make possible those operations that did. Had the Luftwaffe been able to maintain air superiority over the Continent from 1943-1944, the successful ground invasion at Normandy never would have taken place. Consequently, with his air force in control of the skies over the battlefield, Hitler would have been in a much better position to consolidate his territorial gains and negotiate a favorable peace with the Allies.

    The thesis of this paper is that the Luftwaffe was Germany’s strategic center of gravity in 1944 and it was the recognition of this, combined with the Allied leadership’s use of air power in accordance with the principles of war, that gave the U.S.-British alliance its war-winning strategic advantage. Defeating the Luftwaffe and winning air superiority over the skies of Europe stripped Germany of the ability to protect itself and was the key event that led to the eventual collapse of Germany’s armaments industry and military.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786253200
    Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe And The Applied Air Campaign In Europe 1943-1944

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      Schwerpunkt - Lt Col John J. Jacobson

      This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1999 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2015, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      SCHWERPUNKT—THE LUFTWAFFE AND THE ALLIED AIR CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE (1943-1944)

      By

      Lt Col John J. Jacobson

      United States Air Force

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      SCHWERPUNKT: THE LUFTWAFFE AND THE ALLIED AIR CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE (1943-1944) 6

      GERMAN GRAND STRATEGY 8

      GERMAN AIR DOCTRINE 9

      ALLIED GRAND STRATEGY 11

      ALLIED AIR DOCTRINE 12

      ALLIED MILITARY STRATEGY AND PLANNING 14

      CENTER OF GRAVITY CONCEPT, THE LUFTWAFFE AND AIR SUPERIORITY 15

      THE CBO & THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR 19

      PRELUDE TO VICTORY 22

      CONCLUSION 24

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 24

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 26

      ABSTRACT

      Attaining air superiority over the German Air Force in 1944 did not in and by itself win the war in Europe, but it did make possible those operations that did. Had the Luftwaffe been able to maintain air superiority over the Continent from 1943-1944, the successful ground invasion at Normandy never would have taken place. Consequently, with his air force in control of the skies over the battlefield, Hitler would have been in a much better position to consolidate his territorial gains and negotiate a favorable peace with the Allies.

      The thesis of this paper is that the Luftwaffe was Germany’s strategic center of gravity in 1944 and it was the recognition of this, combined with the Allied leadership’s use of air power in accordance with the principles of war, that gave the U.S.-British alliance its war-winning strategic advantage. Defeating the Luftwaffe and winning air superiority over the skies of Europe stripped Germany of the ability to protect itself and was the key

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