why there was no air raid on american cities in ww2 by german bombers?

Question

if lindenburg can fly from new york to paris non stop in 1929 why cant the modern german planes in 1944

Answer 1

German bombers didn't have the range and the Luftwaffe was too busy defending its own territory against the Allies bombing offensives. With the terrible losses suffered by the Allies in their bombing of Germany (from a much shorter range), could you imagine how bad the losses would have been of Germany trying to bomb the US? Even if they had planes with the range, it would not have been feasible unless they would have taken over Cuba or Mexico or somewhere else that was close-by.

Answer 2

First was the rule issue...the couldn't carry the weight. The indenburg was a lighter than air craft so the fuel was not an issue, plus it didn't have to travel at high speed so the consumption rate was low einogu to make the journey. With the German aricraft of ww2 they were too small to be able to carry enough fuel and their payload of bombs to make the journey over either the atlantic or the pacific ocean. And since there was no way for any of their air craft carriers to get close enough to launch them...hence no raids. In fact the United states had not been attacked by an enemoy arme sice the war of 1812 whne the english made yet another attemplt at reintegrating the us back into their empire.

Answer 3

There were no German aircraft with sufficient range to fly across the Atlantic and return. Even had there been, it would have been problematic as by the time the US entered the war, the Battle of Britain was basically over, and the Luftwaffe would have had a lot of interference from the RAF on the way across the ocean.

Answer 4

The Luftwaffe did have a few operational bombers that had the range to fly to North America and back but mainly used them as commerce raiders attacking ships.

Hitler called many of the shots on how the Luftwaffe was used, and had little sense of strategic bombing. The attacks on English cities were not particularly well-planned or executed.

They were destructive, but probably were counter-productive as they strengthened British resolve to win.

Answer 5

Because Lindburg has a small plane with LOTS of fuel and VERY LITTLE else. But Bombers are naturally very heavy, excluding both fuel and very heavy bombs. Not only would they have to fly to America, but they'd also have to fly back, which would be impossible. Even if they technically were able to bomb American soil, they would lose more than the damage they might inflict.

Answer 6

One reason is that while German engineering was exceptional, by 1942 Germany was suffering the financial impact on sanctions and the war's progress. Rationing was severe, Germany was too small to keep the territories it had annexed, and by that time, they had already lost the war.

Germany had the science, but not the resources, not even the fuel reserves for such a feat.

Answer 7

because all this is propaganda. no truth in it.

They dont find WMD's in Iraq. What for were they there?
How the hell they (the strongest in the world with so much technology) can't find Usama (in a poor country).