http://www.historynet.com/how-close-was-germany-to-defeating-britain.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/how-close-was-germany-to-defeating-britain.htm#comment-909905 How Germany could've won? - Page 49 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:24:25 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685985#comment-909905 [...] Hitler sought, but it did give the RAF the reprieve it needed in the nick of time. - See more at: How close was Germany to defeating Britain? How close was Germany to defeating Britain? Reply With [...] [...] Hitler sought, but it did give the RAF the reprieve it needed in the nick of time. – See more at: How close was Germany to defeating Britain? How close was Germany to defeating Britain? Reply With [...]

]]> http://www.historynet.com/how-close-was-germany-to-defeating-britain.htm#comment-901399 Larry C Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685985#comment-901399 Had Herman Gering stuck with his original plan of elimination the RAF, he would have succeeded. Fortunately, for England, he reacted to the bombing of German towns and went to terrorize the citizenry. Once he eliminated the RAF, an invasion would have been possible and highly probable to be successful. At the time there was not much of a British army and what was there, was poorly equipped as compared to the Germans and the best most citizens could do was use pitch forks. A landing on the beaches in the vicinity of North Somercotes would have been easy and a strong beach-head would have been established before the Brits had time to react. After that, it would have been a chase and the capitulation of Britain. Battles and wars are lost when politicians make the strategic and tactical decisions rather than the professionals (Generals & Colonels). (Ex. Hitting Russia before eliminating England, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Viet Nam) Had Herman Gering stuck with his original plan of elimination the RAF, he would have succeeded. Fortunately, for England, he reacted to the bombing of German towns and went to terrorize the citizenry.
Once he eliminated the RAF, an invasion would have been possible and highly probable to be successful. At the time there was not much of a British army and what was there, was poorly equipped as compared to the Germans and the best most citizens could do was use pitch forks.
A landing on the beaches in the vicinity of North Somercotes would have been easy and a strong beach-head would have been established before the Brits had time to react. After that, it would have been a chase and the capitulation of Britain.
Battles and wars are lost when politicians make the strategic and tactical decisions rather than the professionals (Generals & Colonels). (Ex. Hitting Russia before eliminating England, Leningrad, Stalingrad, Viet Nam)

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