Andre27
Banned
The bit in red is ASB. See below.
The bit just in bold points out how pointless this is - you need a PoD that changes the very nature of the German state, almost certainly about as far back as 1890 or so, to the point that WWI would go differently and Hitler almost certainly never rise to power. A German state can invade a British state in the 20th century using naval power. Nobody argues against that (although it would still be hard, because resisted amphibious invasions always are) but the Third Reich cannot successfully invade the United Kingdom if they start a war in the 1930s/1940s. Sorry, but that's the end of it.
And even in this situation, without a POD that changes the makeup of the Royal Navy during the Dreadnought race, the Germans still lose because the Royal Navy destroys their supply lines within two weeks.
Not really. Scapa flow was attacked and if Germany had managed to win the BoB then the RN could have been forced to a location even further away from German airfields.
Neutralization of the RAF would endanger anti submarine patrols in the canal and north sea.
In essence the RN could be forced back to a position where it could not effectively intervene in operation Sealion.
This is the essence why air superiority was key to any German plans for the UK.
As i said in my OP there are some butterflies needed, but not to the point of ASB.