Army losses wouldnt really effect the available strength.
I disagree, the Army would lose the majority of 10 divisions including a mountain division and 2 panzer divisions.
And how could the WH get that across the Channel? The ´74 wargame estimated the german losses at half of that. App. 75,000 men, which includes
one entire Mountain division and very little armour since the RN had cut the SLOCs before at port could be captured.
Concerning Britain and Germany, perhaps both sides might consider some sort of cease fire?
The '74 Wargame stated that in a moronic move (more idiotic than the actual plan) the Invasion would go ahead without air supremacy. With air supremacy there would still be carnage but it would give the Germans the chance to land more troops and thus ultimately lose more.
I reply that the Germans could have never gained air superiority. They might have been able to push the RAF out of Kent but as soon as S...n is launched the RAF would have attacked from save bases north of London. Result: no opportunity to land more troops that might have been lost.
It means crippling loses to the Reich, and perhaps a severely delayed Barbarossa. Concerning Britain and Germany, perhaps both sides might consider some sort of cease fire? Bombing each other's cities seems fairly futile after this disaster.
I completely agree with you mate but this scenario relies on Sealion going ahead and even Hitlers insane mind wouldn't give the go ahead unless there was some form of air superiority over Great Britain.
The most important detail, besides the German economic problems for next several months, is that by January 1941 the British have 30 infantry and 4 armored divisions in England and if the British are CERTAIN no invasion can take place what might be done with, say, half those forces elsewhere?
If German ground troops or artillery shot aluminium-trailing shells (kinda like how air craft drop them) to put radar signatures where no German air craft are can it be a diversion for the RAF? Can an intense session of this get British pilots ambushed from the skies?
Simple answer? No. It wont work (you need a continuous stream of window to look like aircraft, youd need so many shells..youd be far better shooting them at the enemy! And they wouldnt move...stationary aircraft are a big of a giveaway its a fake...![]()
So in conjunction with a few aircraft dropping them along with the shells being shot in a massive effort they could pull this off once or twice?