Yes, I know Sealion has been done to death. MORE than to death.
This is NOT, repeat, NOT, a "what if Operation Sealion had been attempted" thread. I am assuming what others have stated, and Sandhurst wargames have concluded--that even in the BEST POSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES for Germany Sealion would have been a disaster. For the sake of this thread I am assuming:
(1) Germany gets those "best possible circumstances", as I will detail here.
(2) The invasion doesn't work, as it wouldn't have, and...
(3) The Fuhrer decides to not see the failure even when it is smacking him across the face.
What I DO intend this thread to be is an examination, both in the short and longer-term, of what the consequences of this would have been both for the war, and for the rest of the world, and how our history would have been changed.
Just wanted to get this explanation up for now to get the ball rolling--I'll have my first post up a bit later tonight or tomorrow afternoon my time (East Coast USA).