German Bombers

The Battle of Britain is most often portrayed from the cockpit of a Hurricane or Spitfire. But RAF fighters existed for one reason: to shoot down enemy bombers. Seven decades later, the Luftwaffe’s Kampfgruppen (bomber wings) still are taken for granted as “spear carriers” rather than star performers that drove the aerial opera. The Luftwaffe was largely designed to support the army and therefore lacked heavy bombers. Consequently, Germany was unable to deliver enough bomb...