If Churchill had been replaced by Lord Halifax in May 1940, there would have been no need for the Battle of Britain.
And this could have happened. If the Dunkirk evacuation had not been successful, Churchill would have been forced out of Government. He was not popular with many in Government, particularly the British 'aristocratic' German sympathisers who saught appeasement.
Don't forget, the British Royal Family was and is of German heritage.
Equally, if the German Luftwaffe had attained air superiority over southern England, Churchill would have been ousted.
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