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Subject:
Operation Sealion
JohnBarry
5/14/2004 12:53:42 PM
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| Could Nazi Germany have forced an invasion of England without first knocking out the RAF. If the Germans had mounted a small invasion, maybe a division, to secure a beachhead on the island, ideally securing a airbase to forward deploy fighters. It would have been messy and I am sure the Germans would have had heavy loses but could have it been succussful?
The RAF and Royal Navy would have been forced to launched a full scale attack to destroy the invasion force. It would have been a big fur ball in the English Channel!!
My thoughts, the RAF would have been force into battle over the Channel, much close to the Luftwaffe's bases and the ME-109's range would be less of a problem.
In the Battle of Britian, RAF pilots shot down over England, they survived could live to fight another day, German pilots were lost for the war. In a battle over the invasion force pilots shot down over the channel would be a problem for both sides.
How would the Royal Navy have done in a battle this close to Luftwaffe bases?
With the RAF forced not to defend but attack the invasion force the Radar system with not be as important factor.
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