Ah makes it clear Horsa. Yea I was going to argue "Sealion" was a bluff. If the RN had a lot of old ships what about the Kriegsmarine? New ships but a handful only. When you compare the complexity of Allied amphibious ops with what the Germans had in 1940 well...the right strategy was what Doenitz argued. As for the Luftwaffe, great force but not the way it was used in 1940...they were not yet expert at sinking ships (not as good as later in the Med) and not really suited for strategic bombing. On the other hand Britain was in 1940 in no shape to context Germany's mastery of Europe. That's an understatement.
That said, if anyone else other than good old Winne had been in charge, they might have made peace and there were those who wanted even friendlier relations (Mrs. Simpson's husband
)
Really it is astounding that Churchill was so stubborn looking at it the way Horsa presented it. :hmm: