I apologize for bringing in the the unspeakable sea mammal, but I feel as if there is a question about this subject that has not been answered on my mind. I am not here to debate whether it could be a success. I am AWARE that how it was done historically could NEVER have worked at all. Just hearing about river barges being used to land troops and horses, along with the Royal Navy is enough for me to know to would have failed miserably.
However, I do wonder, was it possible if Hitler had prepared for, let's say after the taking of Rhineland, Hitler orders the Kriegsmarine to focus on creating an amphibious invasion force in the event they are to invade Britain. I know this is ASBs but I want to know that if lets just say Hitler had the hindsight(only condition), that Britain would not surrender, could he have effectively prepared for a force in four-five years.
I want to make myself CLEAR I am NOT some Third Reich fanboy who thinks Germany could have won the war. Germany could certainly have made better decisions for themselves, but the idea of us being so close to a Nazi Dominated world is just total rubbish and it would have taken so many things to go right for the Germans and so many wrong things to go for the Allies, that it would be a near impossibility for it to happen in our universe.
So to sum up my question, if Hitler had the hindsight of Britain not surrendering, and prepared for an amphibious invasion force after Rhineland, could it have succeeded. AGAIN, I want just the truth, if it succeeds, then it succeeds. If it doesn't then oh well, then it doesn't.