Ural bomber

In a war with the Soviet Union, he expected that German forces would not attempt to move very far east of Moscow, which would leave much of Joseph Stalin's recently relocated industry out of reach of existing bombers.

Wever proposed using a strategic bomber to target those factories, hampering the Soviet ability to fight, without the need for ground forces to advance.

The Do 19 V1 had dorsal and ventral defensive armament using turrets for the first time on a German bomber in such locations — these innovations could not save the design, and only the V1 prototype was completed.

Milch wanted the project cancelled simply because at that stage the German airplane industry was incapable of building a large fleet of heavy bombers and would remain so.

"[citation needed] However, after pleas from the Chief of Branch 1 of the Luftwaffe Operations Staff, Major Paul Deichmann, to Göring, an about face occurred in late 1937, when specifications were issued to develop an aircraft to deliver a five-ton bomb load to New York.

[citation needed] The offensive against Germany's petroleum, oil and lubricant resources and infrastructure effectively ended any hope of supporting a strategic bombing capability.

By early July 1944 the Jägernotprogramm ended all development of German military aircraft not capable of defensive purposes, focusing solely on fighter designs.