The air war over Western Europe was fought at higher altitudes than on the Eastern Front
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Dogfights of World War II. An Fw 190 in flight . The first examples of the aircraft arrived on the Eastern Front with ... western European equivalents . However , in the immediate aftermath of the launching of Operation Barbarossa ...
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# Why was the WW2 air war over Europe fought considerably higher than the Eastern Front?
Tags: world-war-two, aircraft
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- Answered: yes
- Asked by: fgysin (1300 rep)
- Asked: 2019-01-25
- Edited: 2021-06-18
- Site: history
## Question
I have read on various Wikipedia pages on WW2 aircraft that the tactical situation of the western European theater and the Eastern Front led to very different engagement altitudes for air warfare. See for example this page on the P-39 Airacobra.
This apparently led to certain planes being shipped directly to certain fronts where these planes specific strengths could play out. I.e. planes performing well at high altitude were used in Europe, whereas planes like the linked P-39 above that performed rather badly in higher altitudes were given to the Russians to use on the Eastern Front.
Can someone explain to me what exactly led to the different engagement heights?
Which specifics of these theatres of war were responsible for totally different air warfare to be fought in Europe and the Eastern Front?
## Answers
### Answer by Schwern (score: 13 [ACCEPTED])
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