Comments by "Aleksa Žunjić" (@aleksazunjic9672) on "Why didn't the Germans just send up all their interceptors to stop the thousand bomber raids?" video.

Lots of error and misinformation in this video. First of all, Germany was not behind in radar technology. They were roughly equal with British, even slightly ahead. But overall radar technology was in its infancy, especially considering airborne radars. Bombers flying at night would usually get trough, especially since they were flying in streams therefore it was difficult to amass all fighters at single point. Nevertheless, Germans did have certain spectacular success like for example air battle over Nuremberg in 1944. Daily raids were met with idea of concentrating as much as possible fighters to a single weak point (bomber group without escort for example) . Second Schweinfurt raid was one example where Luftwaffe managed to catch unescorted bombers and devastated them. However, in general, especially since Mustangs appeared in number in 1944, it was difficult for heavy German fighters (armed to destroy bombers) to avoid much nimbler escorts that had better performance at high altitude. Germans countered with using Bf-109 to fight escorts and Fw-190 to fight bombers, but at this point it devolved into battle of attrition they could not win. Overall, LW did what they could and there is no glaring flaw in their strategy, juts the situation was like that , and they had no realistic chance of stopping determined enemy with huge numerical superiority.
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Lots of error and misinformation in this video. First of all, Germany was not behind in radar technology. They were roughly equal with British, even slightly ahead. But overall radar technology was in its infancy, especially considering airborne radars. Bombers flying at night would usually get trough, especially since they were flying in streams therefore it was difficult to amass all fighters at single point. Nevertheless, Germans did have certain spectacular success like for example air battle over Nuremberg in 1944. Daily raids were met with idea of concentrating as much as possible fighters to a single weak point (bomber group without escort for example) . Second Schweinfurt raid was one example where Luftwaffe managed to catch unescorted bombers and devastated them. However, in general, especially since Mustangs appeared in number in 1944, it was difficult for heavy German fighters (armed to destroy bombers) to avoid much nimbler escorts that had better performance at high altitude. Germans countered with using Bf-109 to fight escorts and Fw-190 to fight bombers, but at this point it devolved into battle of attrition they could not win. Overall, LW did what they could and there is no glaring flaw in their strategy, juts the situation was like that , and they had no realistic chance of stopping determined enemy with huge numerical superiority.
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@truekhmer7292 Actually, opposite is true :P If every German was fanatical like for example SS, they had a chance for victory. But unfortunately for them, they were not Ubermensch.
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@Eisengeboren But it tells only one side of the story. Also, Germans were able to navigate over Britain practically till the end of the war (Operation Gisela)
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Lots of error and misinformation in this video. First of all, Germany was not behind in radar technology. They were roughly equal with British, even slightly ahead. But overall radar technology was in its infancy, especially considering airborne radars. Bombers flying at night would usually get trough, especially since they were flying in streams therefore it was difficult to amass all fighters at single point. Nevertheless, Germans did have certain spectacular success like for example air battle over Nuremberg in 1944. Daily raids were met with idea of concentrating as much as possible fighters to a single weak point (bomber group without escort for example) . Second Schweinfurt raid was one example where Luftwaffe managed to catch unescorted bombers and devastated them. However, in general, especially since Mustangs appeared in number in 1944, it was difficult for heavy German fighters (armed to destroy bombers) to avoid much nimbler escorts that had better performance at high altitude. Germans countered with using Bf-109 to fight escorts and Fw-190 to fight bombers, but at this point it devolved into battle of attrition they could not win. Overall, LW did what they could and there is no glaring flaw in their strategy, juts the situation was like that , and they had no realistic chance of stopping determined enemy with huge numerical superiority.
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@haroldgodwinson832 Agree. Considering WW2 technology, it was very difficult to stop hundreds of bombers streaming across the western Europe towards Germany. No particular blame of Germans, simply their fighters could detect bombers at best at few kilometers away with onboard radars. Rest of the way they had to be guided by ground control ("Zahme Sau" - tame boar) . Other tactics was to let fighters use searchlights and illumination from the fires, and work on their own ("Wilde Sau" - wild boar) . Both tactics were limited in their effectiveness due to to technology .
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@ED-es2qv Germans did not misunderstood importance of radar, where did you get that ? Actually, during the battle of Britain, they first tried to hit Chain Home network. But radar aerials were too difficult to hit and relatively easily repaired. This is why they abandoned these efforts and switched to airfields.
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Lots of error and misinformation in this video. First of all, Germany was not behind in radar technology. They were roughly equal with British, even slightly ahead. But overall radar technology was in its infancy, especially considering airborne radars. Bombers flying at night would usually get trough, especially since they were flying in streams therefore it was difficult to amass all fighters at single point. Nevertheless, Germans did have certain spectacular success like for example air battle over Nuremberg in 1944. Daily raids were met with idea of concentrating as much as possible fighters to a single weak point (bomber group without escort for example) . Second Schweinfurt raid was one example where Luftwaffe managed to catch unescorted bombers and devastated them. However, in general, especially since Mustangs appeared in number in 1944, it was difficult for heavy German fighters (armed to destroy bombers) to avoid much nimbler escorts that had better performance at high altitude. Germans countered with using Bf-109 to fight escorts and Fw-190 to fight bombers, but at this point it devolved into battle of attrition they could not win. Overall, LW did what they could and there is no glaring flaw in their strategy, juts the situation was like that , and they had no realistic chance of stopping determined enemy with huge numerical superiority.
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@styx4947 No, but fanatical people are able to endure hardships better and fight till the last drop of energy - pilots to press on attacks without regard for their own safety, workers to continue working long shifts despite their homes being destroyed and family members being killed. People in the West have lost this spiritual concept, that is why West is losing and rotting within.
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@Drumpro31 No they did not. Germans were slightly ahead in radar technology in 1940, but at that time they were on offensive and people do not know about that. Later, they had to cover long western border and northern shores of Germany, so many assume they did not have radars which was false .
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@nicholasconder4703 Wrong, at that time German radars had better range . In 1940 British were barely able to detect Germans when they were crossing English Channel (leading to many successful German raids) . On the other hand, in 1941Germans could detect British bombers somewhere in the middle of the France. German problem was not radar per se, it was a long border and lack of fighters, due to commitment to many fronts.
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@Drumpro31 Search "history of the radar" and you will find out that radar was basically German invention. Overall, Germans had technological edge in most areas compared to British and others in late 1930s . Germans never cut the funding, they just needed to prioritize resources, because they fought on multiple fronts. I advise you not to read simplified Western pulp fiction about WW2. Instead try to find real documents.
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@JevansUK Nope. They just had much larger area to cover and overall less fighters (especially in 1941 and 1942) . It should be noted that British were also unable to do much against night bombing in 1940/41. Such was the technology of the time. Overall, German LW didn't make huge mistakes. German leadership failed because they started a war of annihilation against USSR which robbed most of the resources.
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@JevansUK Actually no, it was a fatal mistake that sealed the fate of the Third Reich. Without that, it was possible to tire Britain into ceasefire, despite all bluster from Churchill, by using submarines and aircraft to effectively blockade it. Army was sufficient to deter Soviets, or at worse to defeat them quickly and force them into favorable peace.
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@JevansUK Nope, in certain period of late 1940 and early 1941 Germans were slowly strangling British economy. Had they committed more resources (especially aerial) , they could have forced Britain out of the war in let's say late 1942. Unfortunately for them, German leadership decided to go ahead with Barbarossa.
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@Drumpro31 Go back to elementary school or something :P
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@andrewallen9993 Not exactly true. German radar sets had much larger range then British counterparts in 1940-41. Magnetrons were used by Germans already in 1935 . What Germans did not have in 1942 when offensive on Germany started in earnest is sufficient number of fighters, due to their commitment on multiple fronts.
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@andrewallen9993 Well, nope. This is British post-war propaganda. In reality Germans were slightly ahead, and it could be said that they actually invented radar. Geographical and strategic situation was something else, so British were first to use it, with mixed success.
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