Failures of planning in Naval warfare

  • U-boats highly effective but use of surface ships was less.
    • put too many resources into making Giant battleships.
    • Allied aircrafts played key role in destroying ships.
    • Failed to build aircraft carriers

Air power:

  • 1942-1945 RAF + US air force bombed Germany relentlessly.
  • Germans never developed heavy bombers like RAF which could severely damage towns/cities
  • German bombers too small + could not carry enough bombs

Battle of Br. RAF had advantage radar Germany had not invested in this

  • RAF also had plenty of fuel, ammunition, spare parts/
  • Shortages in resources plagued Luftwaffe