Did Goering cost Hitler the battle of Britain?

Question

If that fat tool had kept his focus on destroying radar rather than bombing cities England would have been shagged, even the medium bombers of the Luftwaffe could have made it if the spits & canes weren't waiting for them at the channel

Answer 1

Rommel would have been a much better Fuehrer.

Answer 2

I think both dropped the baton on the BoB (pardon my track terminology lol), but Goering less so than Hitler. Remember, the latter is the guy who wanted to turn the Me-262 into a BOMBER! Hitler had such a hissy fit after the RAF raid on Berlin that he ordered the Luftwaffe to immediately counterattack by bombing London. I think something like 400 civilians were killed, but it gave the RAF some much needed time to repair and prepare. Goering was just a gambling idiot, going for a knockout blow to Britain’s industry instead of systematically wearing down the RAF with large aerial dogfights designed to draw the RAF out minutes before a bombing raid and going after the radar stations. Hitler was just retarded; this guy may have been able to judge the conditions in Europe pretty accurately from 1939-1941, but he had no tactical sense, which i guess was pretty fortunate for us. point is, if it hadn’t been for Hitler’s stupidity, the RAF’s tenacity, and the Luftwaffe’s incapability to wage effective strategic warfare (remember, the German Air Force had been designed with the supporting of ground troops in mind, and thus had always been more of a tactical air force, less prone to build large, four-engine bombers like the forts, libs, lancasters, and others; best they came up with was the He-177 “Greiff (Griffon)”, a twin-engine monstrosity that probably would’ve been forced to carry the A-bomb had the Nazis developed it in time), then Operation Sea Lion would’ve been in full swing and we might’ve lost Britain as an Ally in the war.

true, spits and hurrys were real thorns in the side for the Germans, but dont forget the beaufighters!

Answer 3

Goering and Hitler were to blame for the bumbling of the Battle of Britain. Goering moved the target from the radar to the Airfields, aircraft factories, and other things that deal with the RAF. Then when Goering had the RAF on the edge of defeat, Hitler changed the target from the RAF to the cities of Britain thanks to Bomber Command dropping some explosives on the Capital Berlin. With that, the pain of the Citizens of Britain saved Fighter Command from going belly up and kept the Germans from landing on the coast. Without the Air control, The German Navy was not safe in the water of the English Channel. The German Air Force would have tooken care of the Royal Navy. Remember Bismark and Force Z.

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Good Call F-14D-21. Hitler was worse then Geoing. He knew JACK about the airforce and the Commanders bumbled in not making a Long-range Heavy Bomber. Geoing was a bomber General not a fighter General also. The Me 110 was suppost to be the escort fighter but it had a bad time with the British fighter that the Bf 109's had to escort the bombers and the Me 110's as well. Goeing also messed up the fighter my making them stay next to the bomber, not above and made the 109's sitting ducks. The German Air force was a mess during the Battle of Britian

Answer 4

You are correct in that the focus on destroying radar and command and control of the RAF was working well. However, I think the decision (as suggested above) had a lot to do with Hitler. There was also a general fall in Goering's stock after the first successful raids on Germany.

Answer 5

It was Hitler that changed the strategy after the bombing of Berlin. Doing so lost him the battle of Britain.

I'm sure you recall that some Luftwaffe bombers strayed from their target on a night raid and hit London. Churchill ordered a bombing raid against Berlin as a reprisal, and that pissed Hitler off so much that he re-directed the bombers to hit London non-stop.

Had they stayed on strategy, they would have achieved air superiority over the southeastern coastline and have been able to land their assault troops.

It was Hitler that overturned Goering that lost the Battle of Britain and it became the turning point in the war.
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Answer 6

Goering made the big mistake of bombing london instead of concentrating on wiping out the RAF.

So yes, Goering cost Hitler the invasion of Great Britain.

Answer 7

I agree that Hitler bears the ultimate responsibility for the decision to switch from tactical to strategic bombing. With some more time, the British radar system would have been compromised and the Royal Air Force would have been depleted of planes and pilots.

Even so, it is nonsense to say that with air superiority a German invasion of Britain would have been successful. The Germans did not have anything close to the number of ships necessary to supply any substantial landing force. The Allies had an absolutely enormous number of ships and an incredible amount of supplies stockpiled for the invasion of France and had complete control of air and sea in the theater, and still had trouble supplying the armies that were in action.

The Germans had few ships and no modern landing craft. The British in 1940 had a powerful naval force. Yes, it would have taken some serious damage from German air forces, but there is little doubt that it would have prevented the Germans from being able to adequately supply any forces it landed in Britain.

Answer 8

He tried to continue destroying radar, but Hitler thought the battle was already won and told him to stop doing it. Nothing happened from the Nazi side that Hitler didn't ultimately decide.

Answer 9

That's like asking if Cheney caused Bush the loss of the Iraq 'war'. As Commander-In-Chief, or Supreme Ruler, or Grand Potentate, the buck stops at that desk. Hitler cost Hitler the battle of Britain; Bush cost Bush the Iraq 'war'.
In a bit of twisted irony, of the five worst insane terrorists in the past 75 years, consider this:
Joseph Stalin killed 10 million of his countrymen and died peacefully in his sleep;
Adolph Hitler gassed 6 million Jews and killed himself before being brought to justice for high crimes against humanity;
Idi Amin slaughtered 2 million people in Uganda and retired in luxurious 'exile';
Saddam Hussein massacred over a million Iraqis and was hanged by the 'new' puppet government installed by the Bush administration;
George W. Bush has - so far - killed 3,000 innocent people that happened to be in the Twin Towers on 9-11; 675,000 innocent Iraqis; and 3,300 U.S. soldiers and has YET to be held accountable for his murderous, unjustifiable actions. -RKO- 05/13/07

Answer 10

No, Hitler cost Hitler the Battle of Britain.

Answer 11

Goerring was a fool alright, but it was Adolph's decision to stop attacking the radar stations and RAF airfields....