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