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Could Germany have successfully invaded Britain?
So, the answer is no, since the rationale for the invasion didn’t exist when it was needed. Whatever Hitler gained from bombing Britain was lost even more with the bombing raids on German cities.
How Germany could have won the Battle of Britain?
Germany’s Luftwaffe could have won the Battle of Britain if they had attacked earlier and focused on bombing airfields, a new study has suggested. Mathematical simulations show how the shift in tactics could have lowered the British chance of victory from 50\% to just 10\% in battles against Germany’s air forces.
Who really won the battle of Britain?
In the event, the battle was won by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Fighter Command, whose victory not only blocked the possibility of invasion but also created the conditions for Great Britain’s survival, for the extension of the war, and for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.
What was the result of the German invasion of England?
The result was that it planned to disperse its invasion force along a 200-mile coastal front in England. ii) The German Navy would never have been able to ferry the invasion force across the channel and protect it from the Royal Navy. What landing craft did they have?
Could Germany have won the war if England had broken the Enigma?
Since England had broken the enigma code Germany could not have pulled any surprise punches during a military invasion. Any German technological superiority at the beginning wore off month by month, except for the V-1 and V-2. So, the answer is no, since the rationale for the invasion didn’t exist when it was needed.
Could a hammer-blow invasion of Germany have been possible?
One man, however, believed to the end of his days that it would have been possible: smiling Albert Kesselring, perhaps Germany’s most capable WW2 general. Kesselring in his postwar memoirs pooh-poohed the impossibility of an invasion. His requirements for the success of a hammer-blow invasion were as follows.
Why didn’t Britain invade the Home Counties in WWII?
Military historians point to the fact that the RAF retained (just) air superiority over the Home Counties, there was the escape of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and other British smaller successes. However, the truth is that Britain wasn’t invaded for one far more important reason: Hitler simply wasn’t keen on the idea.