The Battle of Britain Was The First Defeat For The German Luftwaffe.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

1941

I'm confused, so what's this to prove?

[DD_crash]

Stern, you asked what year the book was published by the way the clue was "October LAST year" This thread reminds me of the Odin thread on the zoo. He thought that the Brits should have lost because they deserved to. He got very upset and ended up banned by BG.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by DD_crash

Stern, you asked what year the book was published by the way the clue was "October LAST year" This thread reminds me of the Odin thread on the zoo. He thought that the Brits should have lost because they deserved to. He got very upset and ended up banned by BG.

Thanks for the hint, didn't realise it.

I don't think Britain should have lost, I'm very very happy things went as they did, I just hate it when propaganda gets in the way of history, that's all.

[DD_crash]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

Thanks for the hint, didn't realise it.

No problem. I find this stuff interesting. I dont think that anyone on the German side realized the consequences of the British still fighting on. In other words no need for the Afrika Korps to exist, no need to build as many U boats, no need to use the paratroops in Crete, no need to keep the Luftwaffe in France Holland and Norway, no problem getting oil from Libya no need to produce as much A/A hardware etc this would make operations in the Soviet Union much easier.

[blackmme]

Originally Posted by DD_crash

No problem. I find this stuff interesting. I dont think that anyone on the German side realized the consequences of the British still fighting on. In other words no need for the Afrika Korps to exist, no need to build as many U boats, no need to use the paratroops in Crete, no need to keep the Luftwaffe in France Holland and Norway, no problem getting oil from Libya no need to produce as much A/A hardware etc this would make operations in the Soviet Union much easier.

I think you are absolutely correct, they assumed that after they had finished the Soviet Union off in a few weeks they could come back and deal with Britain. Clearly they never considered that the UK could form the springboard for America to bring her energy, effort and resources to bare. Then again they obviously never even considered that when they declared war on the US! Is that declaration of war the single biggest strategic mistake in military history?

Regards Mike

[Al Schlageter]

Why am I reminded of a football game with a score of 1:0? The loosing team claims the game was a tie because the goal scored on them was an 'own goal'.

[lane]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

I'm confused...

Indeed!

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by lane

Indeed!

A message to you to all the forum members merging in this thread: if you expose an intelligent exchange of ideas and conclusion I am up for it, but I will feel free to ignore every provocative or out of context message, just don't have time to play with all of you