found the Hood

Sailor Steve · 03-13-08, 08:51 PM

Lets see...
Germany: 2 Bismarck, 2 Scharnhorst, 2 1906 Deutchland class, and if you want to count slow heavy cruisers (I don't), 2 modern Deutschland class.

Britain: 2 Nelson, 5 Queen Elizabeth, 3 Revenge. But those three are mostly in reserve.

If the fight takes place in 1940, the Germans might have a chance, since the King George V class weren't ready yet; but they would have to catch the British off guard and get them one-by-one. I don't see this having much of a chance of happening because of aerial reconnaissance. A large group of German warships would probably be spotted, and the British would have time to organize.

Could be interesting to game, though.

harzfeld · 04-18-08, 01:41 AM

I don't mean just battleships raiding around England, there should be support for battleships such as cruisers, destroyers, Uboats, Luftwaffe, minesweeper, etc and of course most of their Whermacht and Panzerwaffe to invade on England soil, but they invade Soviet instead in Operation Barbarosa with 5 million men which would probably overwhelm England. Also German left their Luftwaffe as target practices for Brits during Battle of Britain, it was mistake to use only force without land and sea support. German could have convert their merchants into landing ships to carry troops, tanks, etc. It just scratch my head why they didn't, and England would be theirs then worry about Soviet later. I don't think Brits would risk another Battle of Jutland and they didn't have atom bomb to take out entire fleet that would be approaching England.

03-13-08, 08:51 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Lets see... Germany: 2 Bismarck, 2 Scharnhorst, 2 1906 Deutchland class, and if you want to count slow heavy cruisers (I don't), 2 modern Deutschland class. Britain: 2 Nelson, 5 Queen Elizabeth, 3 Revenge. But those three are mostly in reserve. If the fight takes place in 1940, the Germans might have a chance, since the King George V class weren't ready yet; but they would have to catch the British off guard and get them one-by-one. I don't see this having much of a chance of happening because of aerial reconnaissance. A large group of German warships would probably be spotted, and the British would have time to organize. Could be interesting to game, though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-18-08, 01:41 AM	#2
harzfeld Electrician's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 135 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't mean just battleships raiding around England, there should be support for battleships such as cruisers, destroyers, Uboats, Luftwaffe, minesweeper, etc and of course most of their Whermacht and Panzerwaffe to invade on England soil, but they invade Soviet instead in Operation Barbarosa with 5 million men which would probably overwhelm England. Also German left their Luftwaffe as target practices for Brits during Battle of Britain, it was mistake to use only force without land and sea support. German could have convert their merchants into landing ships to carry troops, tanks, etc. It just scratch my head why they didn't, and England would be theirs then worry about Soviet later. I don't think Brits would risk another Battle of Jutland and they didn't have atom bomb to take out entire fleet that would be approaching England.