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Originally posted by vermin
I hate to burst anyone's bubble, but being british doesn't make you bulletproof (remember the American Revolution?). Hitler was 2-3 weeks from completely destroying the RAF when he ordered the Luftwaffe to stop going after airfields and concentrate on population centers. Once you lose air superiority you're fucked.
If Hitler had concentrated on going after the political leadership of Russia instead of a PR victory by taking a city named after Stalin, Russia would have been fucked before winter was over. Had Russia been taken, a lot more concentration camps would have been built in Russia to silence anyone who objected to German rule (the camps weren't only for Jews).
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Are you on glue?
The germans were nowhere NEAR gaining air superiority over the British. Not even close. 2 to 3 weeks, please.
The spitfire (designed by sir Reginald Mitchell) was a superior plane to the Bf 109 in every way. The spitfire could out manouvre, and out gun any 109. All the spitfire pilot had to do was turn and bring those 8 brownings to bear.
You'd better do a little reading...
http://www.constable.ca/spitfire.htm
The Bf 109 was designed by willie Messerschmitt who based his designs on a glider design. The thing only had two machine guns and half the time the German pilots were killed landing the P.O.S.
The American Revolution eh, hmm, well it may surprise you, but the British never really fought that hard to keep the US in the empire, in fact, they had begun negotiations with the "colonies" before the revolution to grant America it's indpendence.
