considered superior to their food in the Wehrmacht.  Even the fanatics admit this.
     5.  The absence of "Luftwaffe".  The average P/W, though he admits the absence of air
support in Italy, does not interpret this as very significant.  P's/W whose morale was good before
capture fall into the following categories on the matter:
          a.  The High Command knows what it is doing.  If ther is no Luftwaffe around
there is good reason for it.
          b.  Some are more explicit, saying the reason is that it is being saved up for a
future plan, or it is needed worse in Russia.  The general state of mind expressed by P's/W
suggests that the absence of the Luftwaffe is not a very important morale factor because it is not
clearly interpreted as a sign of a serious breakdown.  To make a successful attack on this theme, it
would have to be shown that the Luftwaffe is not in Italy because the GAF simply doesn't have
the planes.