Germany did not lose the Battle of Britain

[Feathered_IV]

Originally Posted by csThor

The BoB was really irrelevant to the US in general. The US society considered the war a "European Problem" and only after Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war it became "their" problem, too.

Among the US bean counters, it was very much an American "economic" problem. All trade to Europe was effectively strangled by the war. Once the US had finished milking the British cow - as Roosevelt put it, they needed to get involved to regain their foreign market. There were plenty of Senate debates on this before Pearl Harbour. The surprise attack only accelerated the process.

[biggles109]

Hitler had no intention to invade Germany. There were never enough sea transport resources assembled to transport the first wave of troops, the amphibious tanks were designed for river crossings in the east, not sea landings, adolf galland said the plan was never serious, cooperation between luftwaffe, army and navy was never properly established, and as soon as sealion was abandoned Hitler sent Hess to Britain to sue for peace.

His real goal with the Eagle campaign was to bomb Britain to the negotiating table and neutralise the UK to free himself for the Eastern Front.

That said, it would be great to see a Sealion campaign or even just a few missions in SoW if the LW player can achieve air superiority!!

PLEASE!

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by biggles109

Hitler had no intention to invade Germany.

Invade Germany?

You should read the thread at the Zoo where one called Odin says an invasion would have been successful.

[*Buzzsaw*]

Originally Posted by biggles109

Hitler had no intention to invade Germany. the amphibious tanks were designed for river crossings in the east, not sea landings

Sorry Biggles, you got it backwards. The tanks were converted for amphibious use for Sealion, then, when Sealion was cancelled, later used in the Barbarossa campaign for wading rivers.