Hey /his/, sorry of this has been posted before.
Ive been studying the early half of the second world war and came across a plan from the German High Command for Operation Sea Lion (The invasion of Britain).
Was there ever any possible way for Germany to have a decisive victory had they attempted this?
Even if they could not have ever been successful in such a task, what could realistically be the best possible outcome for the Germans in such a scenario?
Also, if Sea Lion would have happen what would change about the second world war interns of length, causalities, war in the eastern front, etc?
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>>1329175
>Was there ever any possible way for Germany to have a decisive victory had they attempted this?
No. They didn't even have sufficient landing crafts and planned to transfer the majority of their troops through the English channel with what are essentially converted river barges. Even if they had air superiority over the channel, the landing still would have failed due to the overwhelming power of the Royal Navy.
With the way Germans were planning on transporting troops, all it takes is one destroyer to pass through the defense net and the invasion would suffer heavy casualties and be forced to be abandoned.
>>1329194
Thanks so much for reading my thread and responding,
I also heard that a main problem with the landing was the fact that much of the German forces were still hours-drawn. Getting all those houses and equipment in old time boats would have been a nightmare.
To these problems, did the German high command have any solutions?
>>1329216
>To these problems, did the German high command have any solutions?
Their solution was abandoning the landing itself.
It was virtually impossible until either the Kriegsmarine is expanded large enough to win surface naval battles against the Royal Navy which will take many years, which was dangerous for the German economy unless they somehow win against the USSR. The other parts are not difficult problems if they can beat the Royal Navy, which was the big hurdle.
>>1329233
Amusing they beat the Royal Navy, could the RAF alone be enough to stop the landing Invasion? If not stop it, at least do enough damage to make Germany opt for a different method?
>>1329249
Stop it? Probably not the initial landing provided the Germans have air superiority. However, After the initial landing, the Germans would likely be stopped as they stall out due to logistics limits. Part of the reason why the deception plan for D-Day was so successful was because of the logistics required for the troops and why Cherbourg and Calais were so heavily defended; the allies would start to stall out and be vulnerable to counter attacks if they couldn't get their logistics in. The allies bypassed it through the construction of a series of artificial harbors before taking the major port facilities in Northern France.
>>1329249
>Amusing they beat the Royal Navy
that's a huge assumption anon
like, disbelief-suspending huge
given the german landing capabilities
pretty much just a single destroyer or two getting near to the beaches would result in an absolute catastrophe
now imagine what flights of strike craft and bombers would do
>>1329175
>send 11 divisions on river barges without escort or air or sea supremacy
It would've been a disaster.
