Battle of France was won only because of Luftwaffe.

To my opponent, you have not stated in your previous contention about the specifics of why the German tanks were supposedly inferior to French Tanks. In addition you have also contradicted yourself by stating ": you haven't countered my argument about the weaker and less Panzers against the better quality andoutnumbering French Tanks", and "Thus, without air superiority and weight of numbers, Germany would've been crushed and the war would've ended possibly 1941." Furthermore Erich Von Manstein is the brainchild of the iconic Blitzkrieg tactic, used by Nazis in WWII and by other nations after WWII, and was inspired ironically by the theories of French General Charles De Gaulle. Pro has also failed to address the contention of the Luftwaffe not being designed for Close air support On the issue of the Panzerkorps defeating the more numerous and supposedly Superior tanks of the French lies in the organization of the Panzer divisions. The German high command integrated highly mobile offensive units, with balanced numbers of well-trained artillery, infantry, engineers and tank formations into Panzerkorps or aka Panzer divisions. The Panzer Korps relied on excellent communication systems which enabled them to break into a position and exploit it before the enemy could react. Panzer divisions could also carry out reconnaissance missions, advance to contact, defend and attack vital positions or weak spots in enemy lines. The ground seized by the Panzerkorps would then be held by infantry and artillery as forward points to coordinate further attacks on the enemy. While I must reluctantly concede that German tanks were not designed for tank-versus-tank combat, they could take enemy ground and then proceed to lure enemy tanks into the Panzer Division's anti-tank lines. This allowed the Panzerkorps to move onto the next stage of the offensive with minimal losses to their tanks. The Panzerkorps' logistics were self-contained, allowing for three to four days of back to back combat. The Panzer divisions were also supported by motorized infantry divisions that assisted in seizing enemy ground as well as provide ground support for the tanks. It is however, true that inspite of popular beliefs that the Wehrmacht and the Panzerkorps outnumbered the allies, the German forces were outnumbered by Allied artillery and tanks. However the Panzerkorps and the Wehrmacht still possessed some critical advantages over its opponents. The newer German Panzers had a crew of five men; a Commander, gunner-aimer, loader, driver and mechanic. Having a trained individual for each task allowed each man to dedicate himself to his own mission allowing for a highly efficient combat team. The Germans also enjoyed an advantage through the doctrine of Auftragstaktik (Mission command tactics), where the military commander gives subordinate leaders a clearly defined goal (the mission), which the forces need to accomplish and a time frame within which the goal must be reached. The subordinate leaders then would then implement the order independently. The subordinate leader is given, to a large extent, the planning initiative and a freedom in execution guaranteeing a high-degree of flexibility at the Operational and Tactical levels of command. Mission-type Orders also free the higher leadership from tactical details. In contrast the French tank crews had fewer members, with the commander double-tasked with loading the main gun, distracting him from his main duties in observation and tactical deployment which made for a far less efficient system.French tactical deployment and the use of mobile units operationally was also inferior to that of the Germans. Also tactically, French armor was spread thinly along French lines; French infantry divisions were usually supported by tank battalions of about 100 tanks, which prevented them from being a strong, independent operational force like the Panzerkorps. Making matters worse, only a handful of French tanks in each unit had radios installed, but even then the radios themselves were often unreliable hampering communication. French tanks were also very slow in speed compared to the Panzers (except for the French SOMUA S35), since they were designed as infantry support, enabling German tanks to offset their disadvantages by out-maneuvering the French on the battlefield. In 1940, French military theoreticians still considered tanks as infantry support ignoring the theories of Charles De Gaulle. Thus the allies were unable to react as quickly as the Panzerkorps. However it should also be noted that despite a severe numerical disadvantage in the French air force, the Armee de l'Air, in comparison to the Luftwaffe, the Armee de l'Air performed far better than expected during the Battle of France, destroying 916 Luftwaffe aircraft in air to air combat during the Battle of France, ending with a kill ratio of 2.35:1 by the end of a battle with a majority of those kills from US imported Curtiss 75's.Thus the Panzerkorps was the main force responsible for winning the battle of France, not the Luftwaffe. Therefore I urge the readers to vote for Con.Sources French, David. Raising Churchill's army: the British Army and the war against Germany, 1919–1945. Oxford University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-19-924630-4 Facon, Patrick. "Slowing Down Blitzkreig – A Curtiss Fighter Ace in the Battle of France." AIR FAN International, Publitek Ltd, March 1996, pp. 54–62, ISSN 1083-2548 Dear, Ian and Foot, M. The Oxford Companion to World War II. 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