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3Jane · 03-30-07, 06:39 AM

I doubt very much that 'Sealion' would have been possible in '44, even with the luftwaffe etc at full strangth for the task. After switching to city bombing when fighter command was within ten days of near collapse, the initiative was lost forever. The main purpose of the Battle of Britain and any subsiquent invasion, was to prevent exactly what did happen. That is to say a war on two fronts which reached right into the heart of the German war effort. Invading Russia without neutralising Britain first simply left the back door open. At that stage of the war, Germany wasn't so much in a position of winning the war, but rather not loosing it. Even in '41, many Germans were extremely concerned about this position and aware of it's long term strategic implications.
All this being said of course, I am highly glad it all went the way it did. That is to say, they lost

03-30-07, 06:39 AM	#7
3Jane Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: York. Northern England. Posts: 1,004 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I doubt very much that 'Sealion' would have been possible in '44, even with the luftwaffe etc at full strangth for the task. After switching to city bombing when fighter command was within ten days of near collapse, the initiative was lost forever. The main purpose of the Battle of Britain and any subsiquent invasion, was to prevent exactly what did happen. That is to say a war on two fronts which reached right into the heart of the German war effort. Invading Russia without neutralising Britain first simply left the back door open. At that stage of the war, Germany wasn't so much in a position of winning the war, but rather not loosing it. Even in '41, many Germans were extremely concerned about this position and aware of it's long term strategic implications. All this being said of course, I am highly glad it all went the way it did. That is to say, they lost __________________ Fate opposes me in vitality and morality, forced ever onward, burdened, always in shackles. So this very moment, without tarrying, pluck the quivering strings. Because fate punishes the one who plays, all lament with me. (http://hosted.filefront.com/KatherineRowan)