https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=121854
This was my idea, not a true invasion but a "demonstration" to try and convince the UK populace to negitiate a peace settlement.
The biggest problem is, even if the German's get troops into England, they have to supply them. This means getting, holding and clearing out a port; airlifts won't do it (re Stalingrad). And that simply wasn't going to happen, the ports were too well defended and even if by some miracle they were taken the defenders would have destroyed everything before they fell, leaving them useless. And German maritime losses trying to run in supplies would have been hidious.
This was my idea, not a true invasion but a "demonstration" to try and convince the UK populace to negitiate a peace settlement.
The biggest problem is, even if the German's get troops into England, they have to supply them. This means getting, holding and clearing out a port; airlifts won't do it (re Stalingrad). And that simply wasn't going to happen, the ports were too well defended and even if by some miracle they were taken the defenders would have destroyed everything before they fell, leaving them useless. And German maritime losses trying to run in supplies would have been hidious.