Minden amit a II. világháborúról és a Harmadik Birodalomról tudni lehet
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robgros #12209 Itt a folytatás:
Just as German offensive capabilities
have been underestimated, Britain’s
ability to counter a naval assault has been
exaggerated, says Forczyk, whose book,
We March Against England, is published
by Osprey. “It’s pretty clear that the
Royal Navy would have been lucky to
intercept and destroy even 10 per cent of
the invasion force.” Many British
warships previously assumed to be
operational in the area were in fact under
repair, he says, and “not a single British
destroyer near the Channel was equipped
with either radar or rapid-firing guns”.
The RAF meanwhile would have been
“unable to deploy in strength until the
morning of the landing”, says Forczyk.
“Invasion forces would have had plenty
of flak guns and Luftwaffe cover, so RAF
losses would have been crippling.”
So, if it wasn’t a lack of military might
that prevented Hitler from giving
Sealion the go-ahead, what was it? The
answer, says Forczyk, may lie in something
as simple as “Hitler’s whim”. The
Nazi leader’s head appears to have been
turned by the prospect of an invasion of
the Soviet Union, and so, in September
1940, he postponed Sealion to concentrate
on matters in the east.