Strangling the Wehrmacht by Air ’44: East vs. West
So, we got a nice Oberst question from Northfield. Namely,
"Why was Aerial Interdiction so effective on the Western Front [in 1944]?"
First off, a short definition on what aerial interdiction usually called just interdiction in this video is. Simply put it is about about isolating the enemy forces from supplies and reinforcements.
Why Aerial Interdiction was so much more effective on the Western front than on the Easter Front in 1944
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