XPost: rec.aviation.military, soc.history.war.misc   
   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "David Lesher"  wrote in message news:tv8msm$92l$1@reader2.panix.com...   
   "Jim Wilkins"  writes:   
      
   >That said, while Bomber Command could not win the war against   
   >Germany on its own, as its commander Air Marshall Bomber Harris   
   >claimed, it did provide one of the most significant tools for   
   >ensuring final victory.   
      
   Bomber Harris denied Coastal Command et.al. of the B24 long   
   range variant aircraft needed to neutralize the U-Boat threat,   
   thus costing the lives of thousand of Allied seafarers.   
      
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   Here is some interesting discussion of that:   
   https://networks.h-net.org/node/12840/blog/hand-grenade-week/349   
   845/did-strategic-bombing-lengthen-war   
      
   Re the schnorkel, the problem was that when large waves closed the intake   
   float valve the Diesels rapidly sucked the air out of the boat.   
      
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