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Was airpower decisive in winning World War II? Defend your answer.
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Allied air power was decisive in the war in Western Europe. Hindsight inevitably suggests that I
might have been employed differently or better in some respects. Nevertheless, it was decisive.
In the air, its victory was complete. At sea, its contribution, combined with naval power, brought
an end to the enemy’s greatest naval threat — the U-boat; on land, it helped turn the tide
overwhelmingly in favor of Allied ground forces. Its power and superiority made possible the
success of the invasion. It brought the economy which sustained the enemy’s armed forces to
virtual collapse, although the full effects of this collapse had not reached the enemy’s front lines
when they were overrun by Allied forces. It brought home to the German people the full impact
of modern war with all its horror and suffering. Its imprint on the German nation will be lasting

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