On 02 Jan 2004 22:57:45 GMT, (BUFDRVR) wrote:

the Germans were just
too good at fixing the capacity to hope it would be out for good
without just hititng it constantly and ignoring other plants at 100%
capacity.

However, don't underestimate the overall impact of reducing a fuel production
facility to 0% for even one day.

"If the bombing missions were planned to knock out a system or
production of a specific item such as ball bearings or oil and
continued until that system or product was brought to a stop they
could then go on to the next priority. "

I'm not saying there wasn't an impact from cutting it to 0% even for
a short time, just that we couldn't hit it once and forget it for the
rest of the war.

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