Bitter peace for england?

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If you are interested there is this discussion if peace was possible if there were no Dunkerque.

 

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NO USA money and aircraft NO England resistence in 1940-1941

 

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NO USA money and aircraft NO England resistence in 1940-1941

You mean that the UK having got through the Battle of Britain, would then surrender?

 

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You mean that the UK having got through the Battle of Britain, would then surrender?

Yes

 

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Yes

Well you're entitled to your opinion :wacko:

It would be nice to back it up with some reasoning or fact but heh :wacko:

 

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IF they lost the BEF on Dunkerque, IF they lost the battle of Britain and Luftwaffe continued to hammer London while the infantry came from Calais to Dover or Southampton who resisted?

Take a look at the French Army collapse

 

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IF they lost the BEF on Dunkerque, IF they lost the battle of Britain and Luftwaffe continued to hammer London while the infantry came from Calais to Dover or Southampton who resisted?

Take a look at the French Army collapse

That's a lot of "Ifs" and it's not your original claim or your answer to my question is it?

If the BEF was lost, the RAF still had to be defeated in order to effect a channel crossing - no mean feat

There are a number of reasons for the collapse of the French Army - they are reasonably well set out in The Fall of France Julian Jackson ISBN 0-19-280300-X

 

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The Germans were well on the way to defeating the RAAF through a consistent policy of targeting airfields and other RAAF facilities. The RAAF pilots were outnumbered and getting more and more fatigued. After the RAAF conducted a minor bomb attack on Germany, Hitler flew into a rage (as he loved to do) and ordered that the Luftwaffe switch form targeting the RAAF to attacking London etc in the Blitz. This gave the RAAF the time it needed to recover and win the Battle of Britain. If the Germans had stayed after the proper military targets Britain would most likely have run out pilots and lost the BoB.

 

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The Germans were well on the way to defeating the RAAF through a consistent policy of targeting airfields and other RAAF facilities. The RAAF pilots were outnumbered and getting more and more fatigued. After the RAAF conducted a minor bomb attack on Germany, Hitler flew into a rage (as he loved to do) and ordered that the Luftwaffe switch form targeting the RAAF to attacking London etc in the Blitz. This gave the RAAF the time it needed to recover and win the Battle of Britain. If the Germans had stayed after the proper military targets Britain would most likely have run out pilots and lost the BoB.

That's a possible outcome but only that, and it's RAF