Political and strategical issues

[osuorsa]

hey, read the newer (if you haven't) Galland's book, it's said to be very interesting, and this book has enough time space to deal with those strategies and have the newer and more accurate craft numbers....

[Pavel]

But I promise I'll double check them

Please, do it!
I just love that book for some reason, so I'm VEEERY subjective in this case


One more piece of info, again, while I remember

From the beginning of 1943 Luftwaffe really had to move about 20% of their forces to the Western front, to defend Germany from allied bombers attacks.
So, totally, 2/3 of Luftwaffe fighters were used on Western front.

This issue has created the situation, when in February 1943 Soviet Air Forces has gained full air supriority on Eastern battlefield. Each Soviet front (I mean not western, but Ukranian, Stalingrad and others) got air army of 700-800 airplanes, which allowed every Soviet front to perform its own operations, undepended from other fronts.

[Pavel]

hey, read the newer (if you haven't) Galland's book

Name, give me the name!

[osuorsa]

yep, took little time to find the correct book in english, its this book:
David Baker-The Authorised Biography of Adolf Galland.