Hermann Göring was highly confident in German air power due to rapid victories in Poland and France and the early successes of blitzkrieg-style warfare. That confidence extended into public propaganda claims that Germany could control the skies and that enemy air forces would be quickly neutralized.
Ok-Squirrel5153 on
Harris really said “we do a little trolling”
PretendAd1963 on
And he fail to achieve aerial superiority in the English Channel (despite outnumbering the RAF) and later Europe.
donadit on
“No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goring. You may call me Meyer.” — Hermann Meyer
dumbass_spaceman on
Göring? You mean Hermann Meyer? /s
Lovablemiranda03 on
They did, in fact, call him Meyer.
Ferrius_Nillan on
More like Meyer now
raptorrat on
That’s not Göring, that man is called Meyer.
morzikei on
That wojak is looking a little skinny
Ghostmaster145 on
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.” -Sir Arthur “Bomber Harris”
LordOfTheRedSands on
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”
Drexisadog on
Try as they might the Mosquito always arrives
tsimen on
Probably the most clinically insane amongst Nazi leadership
Crab2406 on
a reminder that soviets bombed Berlin in 1941 for shits and giggles
Silly_Y33Ny on
Yes under his control
Middcore on
“When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the war was lost.”
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Hermann Göring was highly confident in German air power due to rapid victories in Poland and France and the early successes of blitzkrieg-style warfare. That confidence extended into public propaganda claims that Germany could control the skies and that enemy air forces would be quickly neutralized.
Harris really said “we do a little trolling”
And he fail to achieve aerial superiority in the English Channel (despite outnumbering the RAF) and later Europe.
“No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goring. You may call me Meyer.” — Hermann Meyer
Göring? You mean Hermann Meyer? /s
They did, in fact, call him Meyer.
More like Meyer now
That’s not Göring, that man is called Meyer.
That wojak is looking a little skinny
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.” -Sir Arthur “Bomber Harris”
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them…They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”
Try as they might the Mosquito always arrives
Probably the most clinically insane amongst Nazi leadership
a reminder that soviets bombed Berlin in 1941 for shits and giggles
Yes under his control
“When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the war was lost.”
You mean Hermann Meyer!