OT Debate: If you were karl Donitz ....

AndyW · 04-18-07, 06:39 AM

Interesting points and Bindolaf beat me in commenting the inability of the Luftwaffe to raid convoys or docks on England's West Coast.

But a lot of that "What if instead" alternatives seem pretty expensive to me for the German side, so why bother and not following the big solution from the very beginning: Making the Luftwaffe and Navy strong and capable of conducting "Operation Sealion"?

That would have won the Battle of the Atlantic for sure.

Cheers,

04-18-07, 06:39 AM	#18
AndyW Electrician's Mate Join Date: May 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 133 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Interesting points and Bindolaf beat me in commenting the inability of the Luftwaffe to raid convoys or docks on England's West Coast. But a lot of that "What if instead" alternatives seem pretty expensive to me for the German side, so why bother and not following the big solution from the very beginning: Making the Luftwaffe and Navy strong and capable of conducting "Operation Sealion"? That would have won the Battle of the Atlantic for sure. Cheers, __________________ currently U-200 (Type IXD2) Ltn.z.See Schonder, 2nd patrol (July 1943) [SH3 1.4b + GWX 2.1 @ 90% realism + U-Jagdtools + LRT + Seadbed Repair, DiD] TOTAL: 11 careers, 47 patrols, 1,033 days at sea, 633,585 tons sunk