soc.history.war.world-war-ii

"Andrew Clark" wrote in message
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> "David Thornley" wrote
>
>> What assumptions? I'm going with the 1945 USN vs. 1940 Luftwaffe
>> scenario that was proposed.
>
> The phrase "all over German occupied Europe" is clearly an assumption that
> Germany is occupying parts of Europe other than Germany. That isn't a
> given.
>
>> All easy to destroy. The submarines are likely to last the longest,
>> but be the least useful.
>
> A sub is not easy to destroy, particularly with 1940 USN technology and
> experience.

Which is it now? 1940 USN or 1945 USN? And why is the USN carriers now
tasked to take on the whole of Germany?

What do you mean when you said:

"But a first class land-based air force like the Luftwaffe (or even the
Regia Aeronautica, which never achieved first class status but might have
done so) can deploy so many planes over the coastal approaches that no
carrier or group of carriers could defeat the attacks. The entire 1945 USN
carrier fleet couldn't hold off the 1940 Luftwaffe in the North Sea, for
example." Andrew Clark