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Originally Posted by Viking
In my opinion the hope and intention of the German offensive was to force the British to a peace agreement, you keep your dominions etc and we do as we please in Europe, and then get on with the plans in the east, the Barbarossa offensive. The invasion planes for Britain were just a hoax.
Viking
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I certainly agree with that summation, Viking. Even Hitler is noted as having said that he thought there would be "some technical difficulties" in achieving the aims of Operation SeeLowe. However, he was content to allow Goering to attempt the aerial supremacy part of the operation - but rapidly lost interest when Britain held out.
In retrospect we (the British) should probably be grateful that Hitler didn't give Sea-lion his full attention, as he did with the Battle of France. Goering and Udet were still caught up with the ideas of the First World War while Hitler was able to think "outside the box", as he demonstrated with the Blitzkrieg on mainland Europe. Perhaps he would have been able to direct the air operations in a more detached manner, and focussed his attentions on the vulnerable points in the British defences.
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