Rockets weren't terribly effective at destroying vehicles, but ripple fired were effective at achieving mobility kills, which accounted for a great number of German Panzers put out of action, if not permanently destroyed.
Probably true, but certainly not the end of the discussion. German planes ruled the skies on the Eastern Front for most of the war.
This is, of course, one of those endlessly-debated what-ifs. My own conclusion was that Dunkirk II would have occurred in late 1945 (assuming that we had just kept on going in May 1945).
- oldman
Germany had lost air dominance by 1943, and had only managed air parity for 1944, and at great cost to fighter groups in the West. Up to 30% of their airforce was inoperable due to lack of spare parts alone.
While their ground attack planes were capable of operating right up until the Luftwaffe collapsed, they were certainly not capable of adequately protecting their ground forces.
In my opinion, the logistical issues would prevent any successful offensive for both sides. The Soviets would have to try and ship anything on the heavily damaged German infrastructure network, with the the Allies continually hammering any repair efforts, as well as bombing the hell out of transport columns and Soviet frontline troops, exactly as they did with the Germans.
Strategic airpower crippled the Wehrmacht, and would certainly be capable of doing the same to the Soviets, who would lack any high altitude interceptors to field for several years at least, and would possibly be even more helpless than the Germans.
The Allies wouldn't be able to cross the Oder and the Soviets wouldn't be able to cross the Rhine.
