WI-Hitler's Ardennes attack in 1940 ruined?

King Thomas

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From what I've heard the panzers were stuck in a traffic jam in the Ardennes at one point. What happens if the British and French air forces find that traffic jam of panzers and bomb it to smithereens? :D
 
It is not that they didn't try. However, LW had a little something to say about that. I think majority of Allied air losses were incurred in attempts to attack crossings at Sedan and vicinity.
 
Seriously though, Shaby is right. Appealing though the thought is, we'd need much better air forces than we had and local air superiority and a better ground attacker than the Battle (Hurricane II for example with bomb shackles or better yet a MkIId or a Typhoon). Really you need the 1942 RAF to carry out this task.
 
Seriously though, Shaby is right. Appealing though the thought is, we'd need much better air forces than we had and local air superiority and a better ground attacker than the Battle (Hurricane II for example with bomb shackles or better yet a MkIId or a Typhoon). Really you need the 1942 RAF to carry out this task.

Airstrikes! We don't need no stinking airstrikes!

Heavy Rain would have slowed the Panzer divisions to a crawl given the state of the roads in the area at the time. For dramatic effect thunderstorms with the occasional tank brewing up after a lightning strike:eek: thereby blocking the one lane highways of the time but sustained heavy rain would slow them down, raise river levels and so much for the swift unexpected strike. The defences at the Meuse would have more warning time too.

I think this topic has been raised once or twice before.
 
Nah, the air forces back then didn't have the capabilities to smother a nice, juicy target of opportunity like that so quick. It's hard enough for contemporary air forces to do it in modern times.
 
Shaby said:
It is not that they didn't try. However, LW had a little something to say about that. I think majority of Allied air losses were incurred in attempts to attack crossings at Sedan and vicinity.

EAF602Whizz said:
Shaby is right.
You're both half right.:) What happened was, the attacks on the bridges were after the Germans had crossed, & set up quite heavy flak.:eek: Had the Allied air gone in even a day sooner, they'd have caught the traffic jam in full force:eek::cool: & could've hit the undefended bridges in time to prevent a crossing.:cool: (That hitting the bridges at all was hellishly hard is another matter.:eek:)
 
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