Let's Put this Battle of Britain thing in Historical Context..

[MikeC1980]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Remember, Germany had just carried out an invasion of Norway, which did give them practice at surprise invasions, so they at least had a taste of what they'd need, but not at the scale that most agree it would have taken to defeat the much better armed and prepared UK.

After the defeat of the French and the British Expeditionary Force, wasn't a lot of the UK's equipment left burning on the road to Dunkirk? I don't think the UK was at all ready to fight off the undefeated German army.