I'm not talking about general things like the Germans not being able to fully invade Moscow/Russia and then failing during the winter, I'm thinking more about actual, single operations that had a massive impact about the war, which people might not know.
Just as some examples, I'm thinking about the arctic convoy of Great Britain (with the help of the US) for Russia. Or the fact that Göring decided to put the Bf109's to Africa where they were inferior towards the British planes and meanwhile the newer, more agile FW190 were destroying the Russian planes right and left with no problem.
I hope my question is clear enoug; English not being my native language it feels a bit hard for me to properly formulate what I mean.
I'm thinking more about actual, single operations that had a massive impact about the war, which people might not know.
Thats the issue. World War 2 was a massive war of attrition with the weaker side ( in terms of economy and production ) having the upper hand for a while. Every battle regardless of the outcome was moving to the same overall outcome. The Wehrmacht was never able to inflict enough damage to destroy the fighting capabilities of the Red Army. This was known to the German high command and all strategic consideration of the the pre war time were focused on winning fast decisive victories. Fall Weiß, Fall Gelb. When no desicive victory was achieved the war turned into the biggest attritional war of history with an obvious path.
Or the fact that Göring decided to put the Bf109's to Africa where they were inferior towards the British planes and meanwhile the newer
Just as some examples, I'm thinking about the arctic convoy of Great Britain (with the help of the US) for Russia
Thats all marginal more or less.
If you are searching for a decisive "moment" which turned the tides you will likely find it somewhere in 1941 and with the preparations of Barbarrossa. An earlier attack likely would have benefited the operation. Such decisive moment was more likely happening behind closed doors at some meeting of the German high command.
I need to refresh my memory but AFAIK the arctic convoy was never really in danger. Even if the Germans were able to achieve more success here the Allies could have compensated.
Numbers aside the Luftwaffe dominated the RAF in terms of aerial fights. The RAF was clearly outclassed in terms of quality. RAF casualties were extremely high, the aerial conflict over North Africa was not decided by British aircraft quality. The RAF actually choose to not deploy their best aircraft to africa because the defense of the British Island had priority.
more agile FW190 were destroying the Russian planes right and left with no problem.
The BF109 and FW190 both were capable to get the job done in the early stages of Barbarossa.