Every part of the French army outshone the German army, even the number of its aircraft.
Pls check the wiki on these things before you correct me. I just pulled up the wiki and: "The combined Allied total was 2,935 aircraft, about half the size of the Luftwaffe... The Germans had six times more medium bombers than the French." & "Allied total of about 14,000 guns, 45 per cent more than the Germans."
Pls check the wiki on these things before you correct me
See, I check actually reliable sources. Here's the actual sizes. You were correct that the French had fewer aircraft (only thing they had fewer of), but the allies as a whole had more.
My wiki source was cited to Hooton, E. R. (2007). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West. page 47.
Wikipedia is not a source. It is a reference for sources. It is far better than your "source", because it uses many sources. Also, you and I both know you didn't open a book and manually search for the info and then type it out. So what was your real internet source?
Obviously your source is wrong. If you read the wiki, you'd know why: "In early June 1940, the French aviation industry was producing a considerable number of aircraft, with an estimated reserve of nearly 2,000 but a chronic lack of spare parts crippled this fleet. Only about 599 (29 per cent) were serviceable"
Your source counted unservicable old broken down French aircraft. Only actually deployed and operational aircraft count, not rusted old broken down ones that sat in a junkyard somewhere.
My wiki source was cited to Hooton, E. R. (2007). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West. page 47.
And did you actually verify that the citation was correct?
Wikipedia is not a source. It is a reference for sources
That would make sense if you actually looked up the original sources, rather than copy-pasting what some anon wrote on Wikipedia.
Also, you and I both know you didn't open a book and manually search for the info and then type it out. So what was your real internet source?
I actually did, I remembered that the stats were in that book. It's an ebook, so searching was fairly easy.
Obviously your source is wrong. If you read the wiki
ROFL! THE WIKI SAYS THAT YOUR BOOK IS WRONG, BERK!
"In early June 1940, the French aviation industry was producing a considerable number of aircraft, with an estimated reserve of nearly 2,000 but a chronic lack of spare parts crippled this fleet. Only about 599 (29 per cent) were serviceable"
"The French Air Force had 3,562 airplanes, but only 879 of these were ever deployed."
Your source counted unservicable old broken down French aircraft. Only actually deployed and operational aircraft count
Except that your number for German airplanes also counted those that were never deployed.
Pls check the wiki on these things before you correct me. I just pulled up the wiki and: "The combined Allied total was 2,935 aircraft, about half the size of the Luftwaffe... The Germans had six times more medium bombers than the French." & "Allied total of about 14,000 guns, 45 per cent more than the Germans."
See, I check actually reliable sources. Here's the actual sizes. You were correct that the French had fewer aircraft (only thing they had fewer of), but the allies as a whole had more.
Germans: 5446
French: 3562
British: 1870
Belgian: 377
Dutch: 124
Source: McDonough, The Hitler Years, 1940-45.
My wiki source was cited to Hooton, E. R. (2007). Luftwaffe at War; Blitzkrieg in the West. page 47.
Wikipedia is not a source. It is a reference for sources. It is far better than your "source", because it uses many sources. Also, you and I both know you didn't open a book and manually search for the info and then type it out. So what was your real internet source?
Obviously your source is wrong. If you read the wiki, you'd know why: "In early June 1940, the French aviation industry was producing a considerable number of aircraft, with an estimated reserve of nearly 2,000 but a chronic lack of spare parts crippled this fleet. Only about 599 (29 per cent) were serviceable"
Your source counted unservicable old broken down French aircraft. Only actually deployed and operational aircraft count, not rusted old broken down ones that sat in a junkyard somewhere.
And did you actually verify that the citation was correct?
That would make sense if you actually looked up the original sources, rather than copy-pasting what some anon wrote on Wikipedia.
I actually did, I remembered that the stats were in that book. It's an ebook, so searching was fairly easy.
ROFL! THE WIKI SAYS THAT YOUR BOOK IS WRONG, BERK!
"The French Air Force had 3,562 airplanes, but only 879 of these were ever deployed."
Except that your number for German airplanes also counted those that were never deployed.