Germany's Obsession With Heavy Fighters: Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornet

In this video, we talk about the Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (Hornet), a World War 2 heavy fighter made as an improvement of the Messerschmitt Bf 110. We talk about the concept of the heavy fighter and why just about every country before the war was designing and producing heavy fighters. We also talk about why they were often rather disappointing in combat and how Germany came to this realization during the Battle of Britain.

We then talk about the attempted improvements to the Bf 110 before the Me 410, the Me 210 and the Me 310, that utterly failed. We also talk about how the Me 410 performed in combat and how it, like many other heavy fighters, were then relegated to other roles, like Night Fighter, Reconnaissance, Bomber, Ground Attack, etc. We conclude with what Germany should have done with their resources instead of the Me 410, like making something similar to America's P-38 Lightning or their own Dornier Do 335.

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