Lesser Allied air suppertime in Europe for more "interesting" Western Theatre.

Lesser Allied air superiority in Europe for more "interesting" Western Front

OK as we all know, Allied air superiority was essential for enabling D-Day. Further it allowed Allies to shatter German movements and attempts of troop concentration making Allied advance into Germany a complete cakewalk with negligable casualties compared to any side's experience on Eastern Front.

So I have two broad questions.

1. Imagine that due to various PODs Allies could only achieve certain air dominance over Chanel do enable the invasion; but deeper inland into France and especially closer to Germany skies remain contested throughout war.

Would Allies even attack in such a case? As I postulate they can do the invasion itself but air power as cornerstone of their OTL later successes would not be there in anywhere the amount had OTL.

The need to prevent Red Banner flying over "liberated" Paris would likely push Allies to invade with invasion itself being possible.

But contested skies above Europe change everything. Lesser destruction of German industry and infrastructure. Troop movements against Allies once they go deeper inland not being shatterd from air. Germans not fighting nearly out of supplies and oil because what little they have (and with less strategic bombing they have more to start with) gets bombed on transit and in depots.

Such a hypothetical situation would likely make all Allied advances much more careful and more concentrated; with higher casualties than OTL and slower progress inevitable.

2. How could such a situation come to be? Is it pure ASB or a long stretch of a semi plausible TL could be built?

Lets say... Speer taking his role earlier. Goering dying of a drug caused aneurism or stroke in '39 or '40 and someone actually capable and competent taking over Luftwaffe (it doesn't have to be Galland, it doesn't always have to be Galland). No Hitler's freeze on new weapon development in '40 when they though they'd win the war soon.
 
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First off, I think you should fix your thread title, since I doubt the amount of time Allied aviation personnel were allowed for dinner had any notable effect on the war. ;-)

Second, while it would probably prolong the war, it would in some ways be easier for the allies. The operating assumption had been a slow advance across France. When that turned into a sprint after Falaise, the allies outran their logistical tail and had to halt. The desire to resume sprinting led to Market-Garden. Without that first sprint, there would have been several smaller air drops earlier in the campaign (they came close a couple of times even as it was); enough to keep the 1st Airborne 'Army' occupied and show off how cool and multi-national it was. Overall, then, the campaign would be less dramatic and more as planned.
 
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