I was watching a show on remembrance day (or veterans day in the US) where they were saying with regards to the bombings of London, that British spies had fed the Germans with fake info, basically telling them they were over shooting their target, so Germany changed their aim, so the bombs would fall way short of the major population areas.
I know that is not the same as air to air combat, but it sure did buy Britain some time.
Germany was poised to win that war, and probably could have if they did not make a series of costly mistakes. The biggest was starting shit with Russia. Hitler always said fighting a 2 front war was a stupid thing to do, and when he decided to go against his own advice, that proved to be correct. Russia at the beginning had no intention of entering the war, and was actually friendly with Germany at the start.
The second mistake was attacking Russia in the winter. Sending a large number of elite troops through that frozen waste land was costly in both casualties and morale. Had he stuck to his plan, and only fought on the Western Front he may have defeated the allies.
I have a feeling had that been the case, America may not have declared war on Germany, fearing Russia may join up with the Nazis. The War with japan still probably would have taken place, as the Japanese sure seemed horny to get the US involved.
I think at that point in the war though, Hitler had lost his marbles, which is never a good thing for a nation at war.
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