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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
Rgr that...no air or sea superiority...bless the senior service  |
Indeed, and even if by some miracle they had managed to clear a path through Der Kanal, their choice of craft to cross one of the most treacherous waters in Europe was something more useful for crossing an actual canal.
And then there was the mustard gas we were waiting to drop on them when they came ashore, and the various Aux units waiting to sabotage supply routes and harass them.
Either which way, Sealion or Barbarossa, the poor Wehrmacht would be battered.
This is a good read in regards to Sea Lion and its impracticality:
http://www.philm.demon.co.uk/Miscellaneous/Sealion.htm
Oh, and here's a classic 'Axis Victory' film based on the Robert Harris novel: