Who Could Have Won WWII?

[RN7]

Originally Posted by aspqrz

Probably not. The UK had large underground factory complexes for all sorts of things and, indeed, much of their industry was actually completely beyond the range of German bombers and more was beyond the range of unescorted German bombers (aka 'sitting ducks').

And, as we know from German experiences with the Bombing Campaign, factory buildings are easy(ish) to destroy, but the machine tools in them ... not so much. It was common for 'destroyed' factories to be back in production in days or weeks with, at best, only temporary shelter above the workers heads (if any at all) ... the Russians found much the same with the factories they relocated east of the Urals, they were back in production as soon as the machines were on firm footings, even in winter, and way before anything more than temporary shelter was erected over them.

If the Germans and Russians could manage it, no reason why the Brits couldn't.

Phil

No part of Britain was outside the range of German bombers. The Soviet Union had the vast expanses of Siberia to relocate its factories to, and Germany was geographically larger than Britain and even more so when you add the territory it conquered and annexed in Eastern Europe during the war.