The Kanalkampf

The Day Before Adlertag

The Blitz

R.I.P. all the British, Commonwealth, American, German and Italian airmen who fought in the battle.

IIRC he was a gunner.

At the beginning of the war lower ranks could be made to work at POW camps but not NCO's and officers so mid war (I don't remember the date), all crew members were made to Sergeant and upwards to stop said differential treatment.

A Salute to all who took part in this struggle where one side seeked to control all of Europe and the other which wanted to keep the door open to liberate it. :salute:

HunterICX

One has to wonder how thing would've panned out if we'd agreed to let Hitler 'have' Europe, and Britain kept the seas? :hmmm:

Hitler may well of had the industrial might to beat Russia and his twisted ego would have eventually led him across the channel....a possibility anyway.

Well, you would then be driving on the correct side of the road now and you would have proper food.:O:


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He did not have the industrial might as he soon found out in Russia, and as he admitted to the finnish general during their meeting.
Invading a big part of Russia had been his plan all along, not that this excuses anything.
He just did not believe in the english interference, after all the Soviet Union had invaded Poland just like Germany, from the other side.

Without England's declaration of war there probably would not have been an invasion of France, nor Denmark, nor Norway etc.. And he never intended to invade England, this whole sea lion thing was a half-hearted action to keep up the pressure. From what i read he did not bomb the retreating british army because he still had hopes for getting peace, with England. Good for most, it did not happen .. on the other hand there might have been no WW2.
I am happy not to have lived in that time anyway.

I'm not sure I agree with that assessment. France and England had humliated Germany at the Versailles treaty talks in 1919. I think Hitler would have invaded France no matter what.