What if Nazi invasion of Britain in 1940?

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The Zeppelins can land anywhere there's enough flat ground. And obviously the Home Chain radar system would be given a working over. Or alternatively, have German special ops teams under Skorzeny conduct a Daring Commando Raid on the radar installations by using Fa 223s to fly in and out. With the radars out of commission, the Brits will have to use the Mark One Eyeball to spot the attack. If the zeppelins come in at night once the radars are blinded, they might well have landed an entire division before the British realize they've been invaded.

And as far as generalized AA is concerned, that's why you'd have a jet-propelled variant of the Hs 129 available to do Wild Weasel duties. And then join the Fl 282s in turning British tanks into scrap before they reach the landing zones, or course.

You're a very bad sandman.
 
The reason why the Germans didn't invade was because Britain's Navy killed the German Navy. In order to get to Britain, they'd have to defeat the Navy, which is why they didn't invade.

*pssst!* Look at the date that the OP was posted. That's it... look... look... think... think... what is significant about that date? think... think...

There, you got it!
 

The Sandman

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You're a very bad sandman.

What I really like about it is that what I proposed is obviously crazy, but still sounds like it could actually work.

And hell, if it weren't for the fact that big chunks of it would be utterly impossible to do in 1940 (or ever, for that matter), it might just work.

Call it Operation Griffon. :D
 

MacCaulay

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Does anyone speak German?

Because I've been wondering...Operation Sealion obviously was translated from a German word, or words.

So...was that Sea, and Lion, as in the king of the jungle just thrown overboard into the ocean, or did Hitler really say to his Generals "Hey! Let's name this thing after the thing with the flippers!"
 
Does anyone speak German?

Because I've been wondering...Operation Sealion obviously was translated from a German word, or words.

So...was that Sea, and Lion, as in the king of the jungle just thrown overboard into the ocean, or did Hitler really say to his Generals "Hey! Let's name this thing after the thing with the flippers!"

The latter, from what I can tell. While Sealion (the creature) is spelt the same as Sea and Lion stringed together (See and lowe v. Seelowe), the operation name was written as one word, Seelowe, much like the animal's name.
 
Does anyone speak German?

Because I've been wondering...Operation Sealion obviously was translated from a German word, or words.

So...was that Sea, and Lion, as in the king of the jungle just thrown overboard into the ocean, or did Hitler really say to his Generals "Hey! Let's name this thing after the thing with the flippers!"

I don't know how the Germans did it, but a lot of codewords are drawn from a pool of pre-prepared names, or else generated randomly. This is to prevent confusion - so everyone knows the project they're working on without revealing its nature.
 
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