OT: German vs Allied Tech in WW2

[Panther Al]

Originally Posted by Raellus

The German's biggest mistake was devoting so much of their war industry on small production runs of extremely complex and complicated wonder-weapons. That, coupled with a delay in converting to a war economy and late-war shortages of fuel and raw materials due to strategic bombing and sabotage meant that the Germans would never be able to translate any technological edge into a decisive strategic advantage.

Here you hit the nail on the head:

Germany was running on the equivalent of peace time production well into 43: It took Speer a lot of work to convince Hitler to allow German industry to work overtime hours, and more than one shift!