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I've been thinking about the impact of a failed Operation Dynamo from the perspective of the home front in Britain - if we say that the Germans manage to capture 250,000 or so British soldiers, what impact will this have?

* Peace will surely have to be sought, but how much leverage will the POWs give the Germans?
* They'll be in no position to demand territory, or indeed attempt to occupy Britain, so what would the terms of the treaty be?
* Churchill will probably resign rather than seek peace - what happens to him and who takes his place (could the Welsh Wizard make a reappearance)?

I had been designing a Vichy-esque British government (complete with General Sir Ian Hamilton as Britain's Petain) but then I got to thinking that German ability to influence British domestic politics would probably remain small even in the event of Dynamo failing - what does everyone think?
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