Why was the French Air Force not strong at the beginning of World War II

The Luftwaffe was indeed strong at the time of the Battle of Britain, but it was limited compared to the British Air Force, and Britain had the advantage of fighting at home, and the production of aircraft surpassed that of Germany, so it was not surprising that Germany lost, and British tactics were also an important factor in the victory of the British army.

Because the German army adopted a blitzkrieg, beyond the war mentality of the leaders of the French authorities, a large number of armored forces advanced rapidly, and occupied France within a few weeks, most of the French planes were taken prisoner without taking off, in addition, the Luftwaffe led by Goering also carried out air raids and other activities on the French Air Force, and Goering also won the title of Reich Marshal for leading the air force to assist the army in occupying the European Low Countries.

France seemed to be seconds at that time, the country didn't exist, how could there be an air force, and the Marzinot Line didn't play a big role.

France does not attach importance to the construction of the air force, in history France has been dominated by the army on the European continent, after the First World War, after it built the Maginot Line, it was as stable as gold, ignoring the development of the air force of neighboring Germany, France is not only not strong air force, the armored army is also very general, in World War II, have you heard of the entire integrated tank division of the army? France still used the mentality of World War I, and scattered tanks to each division, rather than forming a separate system, which was also one of the reasons why France fell quickly.

In the early days, the pilots were very high-quality such as Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Garand, Red Baron, etc., but due to Goering's erroneous leadership, they gradually lost their superiority after the Battle of Britain, and basically lost air supremacy after the Normandy landings.

Airplanes are not the most important, good pilots are the key, Japan relies on speed, and it is also strong in the early days, and in the later period, due to the large number of good pilots killed, it can only attack suicidally. The Soviet Air Force was wiped out in the early days, and later it was not very strong. The British Air Force has always been strong.

As for why Germany has more ace pilots, it is because Germany does not implement a rotation system, saying that a German pilot has been in the war for a long time, and naturally has more aces, plus it belongs to the middle of Europe, and there are more hostile countries flying, even a freshly graduated cadet can easily become a trump card.

I don't know if you're satisfied.

I don't agree with what I said upstairs, I think the best dive bomber was used by Germany at that time, and the famous Stuka dive bomber was Germany's, and other countries' dive bombers were still based on their pilot's experience Stuka, on the other hand, has a hint on when the driver is going to pull up the hard-working machinery, you say, that is strong.

The essence of blitzkrieg is that tanks and armored units attack with all their might, and every place they capture does not turn to defense, and defense is done by the infantry who follow behind, while the task of the air force is to sweep away strong fire points, and ground forces provide air support, which is why Germany did not develop heavy bombers.

The Soviet Air Force was not easy to say, and there were too many Soviet combat heroes, but personally, I think that there were some of them compared to the American, German, and British pilots, and there was some water, and one was inexperienced, and the flight time was too little, and the average flight time of one Soviet pilot at that time was less than 20 hours, and 2 was a problem with equipment.

The U.S. Air Force is also relatively strong, not to mention that the P-51 long-range heavy fighter was the first fighter aircraft to be used on a large scale for long-range bombing escorts.

Each had its own strengths, and in general the Luftwaffe was strong, but the Japanese Air Force also had its own advantages.

In World War II, Germany did not have aircraft carriers, and naturally there was no carrier-based aviation. Its aircraft also conducted very few ship-to-submarine operations. It is mainly used in air combat and ground attack, especially in the interception operation of bomber groups and precision attack operations on ground point targets, both tactics and aircraft performance are the first in World War II.

In World War II, Japan was second only to the United States and Great Britain in terms of the number of aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft. Perfected tactics of ship-to-submarine warfare and aircraft were developed. Its torpedo attack aircraft and dive bombers were quite good in performance and tactics of use, stronger than those of Germany.

I don't think they are stronger, there are no strategic bombers, they can't beat Britain, they can't beat the Soviet Union, such an air force is still called strong? The so-called Luftwaffe aces are many, but they are just 3 fighters for the next 4 bombers of the Allies.

World War II was always good, twice as many British troops in the Battle of Britain (not counting the colonies). The Me262 was a very powerful jet fighter, but it lost to the Allies due to its size.

In World War II, the Luftwaffe was the largest warring states, of which there were 107 of more than 100 aircraft, and Major Hartmann ranked the world's number one ace with 356 aircraft. And the number one trump card of the Allies is no more than a hundred. So the toughest one is Germany.

The early stage was relatively strong, and the total number of fighters in the Air Force at the time of the implementation of the Sea Lion plan was 2 generations of the Royal Air Force.

It should be said that the air forces of Japan and Germany were both good at the beginning of the war, each with its own strengths, and it is not easy to compare. The air forces of the United States and the Soviet Union did not perform well in the early stages of the war, and in the later period, because Japan and Germany were both small countries with small resources, their wage production capacity obviously could not keep up with the needs of the war, so they gradually lagged behind the United States and the Soviet Union.

The country with the most ace pilots in World War II was Germany.

According to what I know, in the beginning and middle of World War II, Germany did have a lot of space, and that was because the anti-fascist coalition had not yet really been formed.

Japan's air force department was particularly strong, the Japanese army's army divisions were particularly strong, and the navy was actually downhill after the Pearl Harbor incident, and in addition to the anti-fascist bombing of Japan's homeland, the ability to build planes was greatly reduced, and later it could only rely on kamikaze special attack units and suicide attacks to gamble.

The Air Force of the USSR does not seem to mention much. The US Air Force is certainly strong, and the pilots are professional.

Of course, Germany is strong!!

Absolute support for the German !!

The British Air Force was not so strong that the Nazi Air Force could not help it, in fact Britain suffered from the bombing of the Luftwaffe in World War II, and the British Air Force was no match for the Germans for a long time.

We know that Germany vigorously developed new technologies after its defeat in World War I, and that during World War II, Germany had a number of advanced new aircraft, while Britain was much more conservative.

Throughout World War II, the fighter planes that Britain took were only Spitfires that participated in the war in the middle and late stages, but Britain had two far-reaching inventions in World War II, which helped Britain withstand the strong pressure of the Luftwaffe, the first is the anti-aircraft long-range early warning radar, that is to say, Britain can detect the actions of the opposing air force early, and the second is the mechanical codebreaker, which is said to be destroyed immediately after World War II, claiming to be able to decipher all the codes, God knows how many Luftwaffe secrets they deciphered.

I hope you are satisfied with this answer.

In fact, it's not! There is a reason why the Luftwaffe was so bad, let's put aside the technical differences and talk about people. Who was the commander of the Luftwaffe?

Big fat Goering. This Goering was a very braggart man, first of all, he was Hitler's good buddy, belligerent and friendly partner, so Hitler gave him the commander of the Air Force. Goering was originally born in the Air Force, was an ace pilot during the First World War (this fidelity), and still has a certain amount of research on the Air Force, but since Hitler came to power, he has relied on his relationship with Hitler, amassed a lot of money, took drugs and had fun, and is already a decadent person, and he can still pat himself in front of Hitler than Keitel, among them, the most obvious event is the Sea Lion Project.

The Sea Lion program was originally a good plan to inflict heavy damage on the British Air Force. Before the Sea Lion Project, Goering had vowed in front of Hitler that he would be able to let the British Air Force play in a few months, but it was because Hitler trusted Goering too much that the Sea Lion Project completely failed, which led to the Luftwaffe suffering heavy losses, the reason was that Goering's command error and simple tactics led to the German powerful Air Force being hit hard. Technically, the British had a slight advantage, first of all, the British built a lot of radar stations, installed a lot of early electronic equipment on the aircraft, and secondly, they deciphered the electronic technology and codes of the Germans, so they had a lot of advantages in technology.

Before the war, Britain's air force was not very strong, and his position can be said to be subordinate to the navy and army, and did not get much attention, in 1937, Germany had openly established the air force, Germany had an air force of 390,000, while Britain only had 130,000, France only maintained 70,000. And because of a large number of talents and industrial base, the German aviation industry can be said to have a solid foundation, in the war German aircraft industry has also been developing majestic, at the end of the war line to produce ME262 jet aircraft, V2 missiles. This was a huge leap forward at the time, but Germany was already building about to fall.

These things are all exhausted. So Germany is not weak. Britain even had only a hundred planes left in the late air battle in London, and it was only by virtue of its powerful navy and the natural gap in the English Channel that it could have picked up a life, otherwise it would have been crushed under the steel torrent of Hitler's tanks.

Because of the radar, it's not that its planes are powerful. The Nazi Messersmitt needed to protect his bomber group, and the Spitfire only needed to intercept the bomber group, so the M109 lost its maneuverability advantage. The British army also had radars that could detect the position of the planes and concentrate air power to intercept the German troops, so they naturally had an advantage.

World War 2, Nazi Germany.

Which air force is the strongest with the United Kingdom of Great Britain?

It should be said that the air force of Nazi Germany was more powerful and the pilots were more rigorous.

German aircraft.

The Luftwaffe was stronger than the British Air Force.

In the early stage of World War II, Germany can be said to be a great force on the European battlefield, almost sweeping the whole of Europe, many people have a very deep impression of Germany's blitzkrieg, but they don't know much about the German Air Force, so that many people think that the Luftwaffe is average.

In fact, the Luftwaffe was called the "Black Death" by Europe in the early stage of World War II, and from this title, the Luftwaffe definitely has the combat effectiveness of the air forces of European countries, so why does the Luftwaffe seem to be not strong during World War II? In fact, the main reason is that in the Battle of Britain, Germany lost too much air power, how miserable was the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain? Almost wiped out their reserves.

Many people know that France built the Maginot Line in World War II to prevent Germany from attacking France again and bringing huge losses to France, but what France did not expect was that Germany actually bypassed the Maginot Line and went directly into the heart of France, and France surrendered overnight. After the capture of France, Germany, which had more than 5,000 aircraft at the time, continued to suppress and attack British airfields and radar stations, in an attempt to force the British Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe to fight a decisive battle. However, Hitler at that time issued a big order, requiring the air force to bomb British cities directly, which made the situation 180 degrees reversed.

Although Germany already had more than 5,000 aircraft before the start of the Battle of Britain, we must know that the Luftwaffe had only been established for five years at this time, so in order to quickly have a formed combat capability, many of Germany's aircraft were bombers, and the air combat capability was limited. As the main fighter, the BF-109 does not have a relatively strong endurance, so when it flies over the UK, the BF-109 fighter can fight for less time, and it is not at all as good as those British fighters that take off from home. As a result, many bombers were attacked by the British Royal Air Force when they were on duty, and even many bombers had to rely on their own firepower systems to resist, so that in the Battle of Britain, Germany lost 1,887 aircraft.

In fact, the loss of aircraft was not the most serious blow to the Luftwaffe, the most important thing was that in this battle, Germany sacrificed more than 4,000 pilots, many of whom were even instructors and cadets of German flight cadets, so that after this battle, Germany had a pilot fault line. Although in later years, Germany began to build a large number of pilot cadets, but pilots were not so easy to train, so the Luftwaffe never regained its former glory.

There are too many pilots who have sacrificed, nearly 4,000, and even many of them are instructors and students, after all, it is not easy to train a pilot, and it is not possible to train it in a while.

Because Germany is very lacking**, resulting in a lack of fuel for aircraft and other equipment, and a lack of training for pilots. As a result, the Battle of Britain almost wiped out the German pilots.