Redbeard - Britain was on the ragged edge so far as the creation of new infantry units was concerned, the population was not large enough. Anyway, Montgomery was continually using his elite divisions as spearheads, because the new divisions weren't reliable.
As for TAC, I agree the logical aircraft was the Mosquito. Problem is this plane was a private venture the RAF didn't want. By the time it was available and proved successful, the heavy bomber production lines were up and running.
So there was nothing but the heavy bombers and the only question was, how to use them. The only other option than attack Germany was to use them as flying artillery to break a front line. I suspect this idea became unpopular because of the proportion of "blue on blue" when they were so used.
Incidentally, there's another argument against using low level strikes, and this is the German AA. They would simply have sited lots of 20mm & 35mm and moved all the 88mm & 105mm (of use only against high-level) to the front, where the tanks would suffer.
As for TAC, I agree the logical aircraft was the Mosquito. Problem is this plane was a private venture the RAF didn't want. By the time it was available and proved successful, the heavy bomber production lines were up and running.
So there was nothing but the heavy bombers and the only question was, how to use them. The only other option than attack Germany was to use them as flying artillery to break a front line. I suspect this idea became unpopular because of the proportion of "blue on blue" when they were so used.
Incidentally, there's another argument against using low level strikes, and this is the German AA. They would simply have sited lots of 20mm & 35mm and moved all the 88mm & 105mm (of use only against high-level) to the front, where the tanks would suffer.