09-01-2010, 06:44 PM
I remember reading an interesting article written by a historian about a possible invasion of UK by the Germans but in 1942 instead of 1940.
The departing point was that the battle of britain ended either in a stalemate (with no clear winner and both Luftwaffe and RAF with heavy losses) or a German victory.
Later when Hitler decided to launch Barbarossa instead of getting obsessed with taking Moscow, he followed the advices of his generals and went to take Stalingrad, cripple the oil supply line to Northern part of Russia and capture an important amount of oil and soviet industry crippling the red army's mobility in the process. All this would have happened between June and November 1941.
Meanwhile in North Africa it was not until November 1942 that Monty launched his offensive so we can assume that the axis in North Africa were to say the least "comfortable".
In this scenario, with a red army slowly recovering (slower than historically did due to the fall of their main industrial core and oil fields) the German army could have diverted forces and resources to launch sealion in February 1942.
It would make an interesting scenario because the Britons would count with the American help and there could have even happened that they would have convinced Ireland to align with the allies to let the americans use their bases.
What do you think?? What German forces you think would have been involved in this operation?? Would the German use paratroopers in this "special" operation after the landings in Crete?
The departing point was that the battle of britain ended either in a stalemate (with no clear winner and both Luftwaffe and RAF with heavy losses) or a German victory.
Later when Hitler decided to launch Barbarossa instead of getting obsessed with taking Moscow, he followed the advices of his generals and went to take Stalingrad, cripple the oil supply line to Northern part of Russia and capture an important amount of oil and soviet industry crippling the red army's mobility in the process. All this would have happened between June and November 1941.
Meanwhile in North Africa it was not until November 1942 that Monty launched his offensive so we can assume that the axis in North Africa were to say the least "comfortable".
In this scenario, with a red army slowly recovering (slower than historically did due to the fall of their main industrial core and oil fields) the German army could have diverted forces and resources to launch sealion in February 1942.
It would make an interesting scenario because the Britons would count with the American help and there could have even happened that they would have convinced Ireland to align with the allies to let the americans use their bases.
What do you think?? What German forces you think would have been involved in this operation?? Would the German use paratroopers in this "special" operation after the landings in Crete?