As early as December 24, 1944, the German high command realized - TopicsExpress

As early as December 24, 1944, the German high command realized that their Ardennes offensive was doomed to fail and tried to impress that upon Hitler, but with no success. General Hasso von Manteuffel recommended an immediate halt to all offensive operations, and a withdrawal back to the West Wall. Hitler rejected his advice, and prepared to double-down on his gamble. On January 1, 1945 the Luftwaffe launched Unternehmen Bodenplatte, a bold attempt to gain temporary air superiority so that the ground offensive could resume without German forces being repeatedly bombed and strafed by Allied aircraft. The operation was supposed to have launched in tandem with the initial attack, but the same bad weather that grounded the Allied aircraft also grounded the Luftwaffe. However, that definitely worked to the German advantage. When it finally went ahead, the Germans achieved some degree of tactical surprise and managed to destroy a number of Allied planes on the ground. But the cost to the Luftwaffe was prohibitively high. The overall quality of the German pilots was seriously degraded by this point in the war, and many of the new ones were novices. They were easy prey for Allied fighter pilots, and a number of them would be shot down by their own AA crews. The operation required absolute secrecy to have a chance of success, and therefore many forward German units were not even aware of it. And, since they were used to every aircraft they saw being an Allied plane, they shot at everything that flew. The Allies quickly made good the losses in aircraft and resumed pounding the German ground units. The Luftwaffe was unable to gain control of the air for even a brief time, and the losses in both aircraft and aircrews were irreplaceable. By January 7th, the Germans would be falling back regardless of Hitlers insane orders in order to save themselves from being annihilated. The fuel situation was so critical that they would have to abandon much of their armor, which was no less irreplaceable than the lost aircraft.

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